World's First Wooden Satellite Hitches a Ride to Space
Japan's LignoSat aims to mitigate the growing space junk problem, as well as environmental risks associated with atmospheric ...
New York Post8d
World’s first experimental wooden satellite set for launch
Japanese scientists have devised a first-of-its-kind wooden satellite that will be hurled skyward on Tuesday, Nov. 5, with help from American space agencies — all to test how new materials can ...
World’s first wooden satellite shares material with samurai sword sheaths
On Tuesday, the company’s 31st resupply mission for NASA delivered the world’s first satellite built using wooden parts. More ...
World's first wood-panelled satellite launched into space
The world's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable ...
Reuters on MSN11d
Green space: Japan set to test world's first wooden satellite
The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers, and is set to be launched to space next Tuesday ...
USA Today7d
First satellite made of wood launched into space
Unique among the myriad of items the mission carried is the first satellite made from wood, a palm-sized cube called the LignoStat. Developed by Kyoto University researchers and the Japanese ...
World’s first wooden satellite launched to space
Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday and arrived at ...
World's first wooden satellite blasts off for space
Named after the Latin word for 'wood', the LignoSat satellite developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry ...
Phys.org8d
World's first wooden satellite launched into space
The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Scientists at Kyoto ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati6d
World's first wooden satellite launched into space
KYOTO, Japan (WKRC) - The world's first wooden satellite has been launched into space in an effort to understand if wood could someday be a "space-grade" material. Many space agencies have hopes ...
Yahoo News6d
World's first wooden satellite launched into space by Japan
A SpaceX rocket carried the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, into space at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday as part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station ...
Yahoo7d
World's first wooden satellite heads to space
STORY: The world's first wooden satellite, built by scientists in Japan, headed into space Monday atop a SpaceX rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. It'll stay in orbit for six months ...