The world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, has been successfully launched into space and is set to re-enter the atmosphere without leaving space debris. On November 5, LignoSat was launched on ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has arrived. Stashed among three tons of cargo, this humble-looking satellite holds the promise of tackling one of space exploration’s most pressing problems ...

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark an age of wooden spacecraft.

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 ...

LignoSat, a wooden satellite developed by researchers at Kyoto University and Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry, launched to the ISS on Monday night on board SpaceX’s resupply mission.

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.

The world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, was among five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station in December last year. The mission was carried out by ...

Aerospace 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 re-entry.

KYOTO, Japan — The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat ...