Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Webinar News NetworkWebinar News Network

Tech News

The first wooden satellite launched into space

Art depicting a satellite within the shape of a tree above Earth.
Artistic representation of Lignosat wooden satellite. | Art: KyotoU/Gakuji Tobiyama

In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 miles away, researchers will study whether wood is sturdy enough for space.

Called LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, the satellite launched Monday night aboard a SpaceX mission bound for the International Space Station. It’ll eventually be released into orbit, where instruments will measure how the wood fares under the harsh conditions of space over six months.

“With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever,” Takao Doi, an astronaut and professor at Kyoto University, told Reuters.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Politics

With the 2024 U.S. election around the corner, celebrities have been stepping forward to publicly endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President...

Editor's Pick

Jeffrey Miron The standard argument for scope-of-practice (SOP) laws—and more generally, for occupational licensing—is that such regulation improves the quality of services by keeping...

Editor's Pick

Alex Nowrasteh Steven Malanga, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a senior editor of City Journal, argues that there is a crime...

Tech News

Illustration by Haein Jeong / The Verge Thousands of creatives, including famous actors like Kevin Bacon and Kate McKinnon, along with other actors, authors,...