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

Wooden datacenters? Japan can build spacecraft out of the stuff Japan's wooden satellite has been launched into space aboard ...

“If we can prove our first wooden satellite works, we want to pitch it to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.” The researchers found that ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.

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

Data will be sent from the satellite to Japanese researchers to determine if it can withstand extreme changes in temperature.

A historic moment unfolded as the world’s first wooden satellite, the brainchild of Japanese researchers, soared into space, ...

LignoSat is a four-inch (10cm) cube packed with advanced electronics and sensors. But instead of being constructed from ...

Timber! Japan has successfully launched the world's first satellite that's made out of wood. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, ...

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

Japan just launched the world's first wooden satellite into orbit, and it could completely change the future of space ...

Japanese researchers have launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, aiming to test the viability of timber as a ...