Related article: Metals from Rockets and Satellites Are Polluting Earth’s Upper Atmosphere The researchers behind LignoSat have tested wood in space before. In March 2022, the researchers ...

The 10cm-cube satellite, dubbed LignoSat, is made by Kyoto University in collaboration with the logging company Sumitomo Forestry. It is expected to be flown to the International Space Station ...

Now, NASA says that the tiny satellite, dubbed LignoSat, was finally released into the wild last month, in an experiment that will explore the viability of using wood in space — which if ...

Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to ...

Japan plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite this September. The experimental satellite, called LignoSat, was developed by researchers at Kyoto University and the Japanese logging ...

LignoSat, developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry (1911.T), opens new tab, will be flown to the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission, and later released into ...