A satellite operated by Japanese company Astroscale has chased down a 15 year-old piece of space junk and taken an up-close image of it. The object is a discarded rocket segment that's about 11m ...

The first wooden satellite has been launched into space. Created in Japan, the satellite was onboard a SpaceX mission to the ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has just been sent into space, and it could be a game changer.

A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded seconds after launch on Wednesday, in a spectacular failure for the start-up's bid to put a satellite into orbit. Tokyo-based Space One's 18-metre (60 ...

Japan's new H3 rocket flew for the fourth time ever on Monday morning (Nov. 4). The H3 launched Kirameki 3, a military communications satellite also known as DSN-3, from Tanegashima Space Center ...

Wood you believe it: LignoSat2 is made from magnolia and was launched yesterday aboard a Falcon9 rocket to the International Space Station. (Courtesy: NASA) Researchers in Japan have launched ... It ...

The satellite will be handed over to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on June 4 and is expected to be launched into space as early as fall. It took about four years to develop the ...

STORY: It might just make space exploration a little more sustainable. Scientists in Japan are set to test the world’s first wooden satellite. The LignoSat was developed by a team from Kyoto ...

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of ...

Japan launched LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, to test eco-friendly materials for space en route to more sustainable ...

Japan launched the Kirameki 3 military communications satellite Monday morning (Nov. 4), on the fourth-ever flight of the ...