Wooden Satellite Reaches Space for the First Time
A tiny cube made of magnolia wood is headed to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will be deployed into space to test how it withstands the extreme environment. Researchers hope this experiment will pave the way for more sustainable materials in space construction.
Japanese researchers built a small satellite weighing about two pounds. The satellite, LignoSat, will arrive at the ...
On Tuesday, the company’s 31st resupply mission for NASA delivered the world’s first satellite built using wooden parts.
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World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital testThe world's first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station ...
LignoSat is designed to endure extreme temperatures and space radiation, measuring how wood withstands the space environment.
Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...
In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 ...
The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test ...
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