SpaceX is planning a late-night Falcon 9 rocket launch from California, hours after it scrubbed a Falcon 9 launch from Florida on Wednesday.

Japan’s LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, will orbit Earth to test wood’s potential as a space-grade material.

After launching at 9:29 p.m. EST Nov. 4, the SpaceX Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station at 9:52 a.m. EST Nov. 5. The spacecraft carried more than 6,000 pounds of scientific investigations ...

Tokyo: In a breakthrough innovation, scientists in Japan have constructed the world’s first wooden satellite, which was launched into space on Tuesday. Named LignoSat, which means ‘wood’ in Latin, the satellite will be flown on a SpaceX mission to the International Space Station and later released into orbit about 400 km (250 miles) above the […]

TOKYO (Nov 6): The world’s first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Scientists at Kyoto University expect the wooden material to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere — potentially providing a way to avoid generatingRead More

Update Nov. 6, 2:56 p.m. EST: SpaceX pushed the planned T-0 liftoff time to the end of the launch window.

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.

The satellite is onboard a SpaceX flight to the ISS.

Wooden datacenters? Japan can build spacecraft out of the stuff

Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the

SpaceX sent up 6,000 pounds of cargo on a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night with the rocket booster's return trip bringing a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.

LignoSat will test the possibilities of building wooden human habitats in space

A rocket-propelled target is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window Thursday, Nov. 7 to Friday, Nov. 8

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