Japan's wooden satellite, LignoSat, has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).

For the mission, many types of wood were tested, including Japanese cherry wood, before magnolia came out the winner after a year-long exposure to outer space onboard the ISS. Doi himself visited ...

The world's first wooden satellite LignoSat was among the five CubeSats deployed into the Earth's orbit last month, above 400 ...

The LignoSat is made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia, and the wooden parts are directly joined with a Japanese traditional method instead of using metallic or adhesive material fasteners.

Can you tell me what is wrong? — Billy By the time you planted them in April, the Japanese magnolias (Magnolia x soulangeana) had already sent out their new growth, so it is not surprising that ...