Ayu Yoneda and Makoto Suwa, both newly certified as astronauts by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in a ...

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

Japanese scientists just launched the first wooden satellite, called LignoSat, to the International Space Station where it'll ...

Those wanting to shoot for the stars with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and apply for the astronaut program no longer have to be rocket scientists or the classroom equivalent. For the ...

On Tuesday, the company’s 31st resupply mission for NASA delivered the world’s first satellite built using wooden parts. More ...

With a 50-year plan of planting trees and building timber houses on the moon and Mars, Doi's team decided to develop a ...

“If we can use materials that humans can make and bring them to outer space, people will be able to create a sustainable society,” said Japanese astronaut, Space Shuttle veteran and researcher ...

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)--Ayu Yoneda and Makoto Suwa, both newly certified as astronauts by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said in a recent interview that they see visiting the ...

A SpaceX rocket carried the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, into space at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...

British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her short novel following six astronauts as ...

KYOTO (Reuters) - The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers ... live and work in space forever," said Takao Doi, an astronaut who has flown on the Space Shuttle and ...

KYOTO, Japan — The world's first wooden satellite ... live and work in space forever," said Takao Doi, an astronaut who has flown on the Space Shuttle and studies human space activities at ...