Earlier this month, the world's first wooden satellite built by Japanese scientists was launched into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, which could set an exciting precedent for future space ...

KYOTO--A cube-shaped wooden satellite named LignoSat has been unveiled before it is launched into orbit, the first time timber has been utilized for the purpose. Kyoto University and Sumitomo ...

An experimental satellite made of wood has been deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) to test how the renewable, sustainable material withstands the harsh orbital environment.

The LignoSat probe's biodegradable nature is seen as a potential solution to preserving the Earth's environment, as it is constructed from wood, which does not burn or rot in the vacuum of space ...

Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of ...