The tiny Japanese CubeSat was launched from Florida with the aim of bringing the space industry into a more sustainable ...

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

The first satellite in space made mostly of wood arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday along with other ...

Developed by Kyoto University researchers and the Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry, LignoStat -- the satellite is ...

A SpaceX rocket carried the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, into space at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...

The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has just been sent into space, and it could be a game changer.

“With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever,” Takao ...

Japan's LignoSat aims to mitigate the growing space junk problem, as well as environmental risks associated with atmospheric ...

The satellite is made from magnolia wood, which was historically used for samurai sheaths. The world’s first wooden satellite ...

Shinnosuke Matsui is an associate professor at the University of Miyazaki’s Center for Language and Cultural Studies. From ...

Japan launched LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, to test eco-friendly materials for space en route to more sustainable ...