Unique among the myriad of items the mission carried is the first satellite made from wood, a palm-sized cube called the ...

The world's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable ...

In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science. transcript 3, 2, 1. ... and liftoff. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno Since ...

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

After four years in development, a wood satellite developed by Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese logging and ...

The first satellite in space made mostly of wood arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday along with other ...

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of ...

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 ...

The first wooden satellite was launched by Japan on Tuesday with the goal of testing the effectiveness of wood in space.

But scientists in Japan suspect we don’t need to abandon one of the oldest building blocks known to humanity to explore the ...

"While some of you might think that wood in space seems a little counterintuitive, researchers hope this investigation ...