Nov. 6 (UPI) --The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of wood in space. Japanese researchers built a small ...
Unique among the myriad of items the mission carried is the first satellite made from wood, a palm-sized cube called the LignoStat. Developed by Kyoto University researchers and the Japanese ...
It will then be released into orbit above the Earth. Named LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, its panels have been built from a type of magnolia tree, using a traditional technique without ...
But burning wood simply produces water vapor and carbon dioxide, a cleaner byproduct, Mr. Murata said. A lot can go wrong while the satellite is in space. Its solar panels may stop operating ...