If we can use materials that humans can make and bring them to outer space, people will be able to create a sustainable ...

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

Space has a major sustainability problem. When satellites made mostly of aluminum die fall back down to earth, they combust ...

LignoSat's name is based on lignum, the Latin name for 'wood'. It's a collaboration between Kyoto University and Sumitomo ...

Scientists at Kyoto University expect the wooden material to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere -- potentially ...

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

KYOTO—As many as 500,000 ceramic coins produced during the metal shortages on the Japanese home front during the Pacific War ...

TOKYO, Nov 5 — The world’s first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday ..

The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a ...

Japan’s LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, will orbit Earth to test wood’s potential as a space-grade material.

The satellite is made from magnolia wood, which was historically used for samurai sheaths. The world’s first wooden satellite ...

Japan's Kyoto University launches LignoSat, the first wooden satellite in space.