Japan just launched the world's first wooden satellite into orbit, and it could completely change the future of space ...

Developed by Kyoto University researchers and the Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry, LignoStat -- the satellite is ...

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Timber! Japan has successfully launched the world's first satellite that's made out of wood. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, ...

Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, satellites have been made with metals. A group of Japanese scientists thinks it has a viable alternative: wood. A SpaceX rocket launched Monday night from the ...