"Early 1900s airplanes were made of wood," Kyoto University forest science professor Koji Murata told Reuters. "A ...
The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a ...
Digital Trends first reported on plans for the wooden satellite four years ago. Speaking to the BBC at the time, Takao Doi, a professor at Kyoto University and a former Japanese astronaut who ...
LignoSat is designed to endure extreme temperatures and space radiation, measuring how wood withstands the space environment.