LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

In a pioneering space mission, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched LignoSat, a satellite constructed ...

According to the TechExplorist, LignoSat was developed using honoki magnolia wood, known for its durability and resistance to ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now operating a wood satellite in orbit, made of hinoki magnolia wood ...

The world's first wooden satellite developed by Japan has been exposed to space. The Lignosat was deployed alongside four cubesats from the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2024 to test ...

A wooden satellite that exhausts its usefulness would still pose a problem in terms of space junk if it continues to orbit Earth. In fact, when metal satellites fall out of orbit they almost ...

The world's first wooden satellite LignoSat was among the five CubeSats deployed into the Earth's orbit last month, 400 km above the planet. The satellite arrived at the International Space ...

The plan is for the spacewalkers to collect samples from sites near life support system vents on the exterior of the ISS.

The world's first wooden satellite has officially been deployed. Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the timber-clad device was sent to International Space Station last ...

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 ...

"Geomagnetic levels will also be monitored to determine whether the geomagnetic field can penetrate the body of the wooden satellite and interfere with its technological capabilities," NASA said ...