Only one of them is, at least so far, made of wood: the LignoSat. That's the name chosen by the satellite's maker, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a small CubeSat that was ...

LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, launched to the ISS on Nov. 5 last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was deployed from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) Kibo ...

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.

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 ...

The first satellite made of wood is now orbiting the earth in space. This was made public by the US space agency NASA, and the LignoSat was launched from the International Space Station (ISS ...

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood drew attention to Elon Musk-led SpaceX‘s latest operational metrics on Sunday, highlighting the company’s progress in reducing satellite internet costs through its ...

Police say there is no evidence of trafficking or criminal activity after messages written with pipes and wood went viral on ...

For this test, the satellite was meant to remain inside the second stage ... Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and ...

More than 300 people filled Bronson Park Saturday as part of the Kalamazoo Women’s March, just days before the inauguration ...

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 ...