Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to ...

LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, launched to the ISS on Nov. 5 last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was deployed from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) Kibo ...

One more satellite, EXPRESS, was launched for the last flight of ... M-V sent HALCA, NOZOMI, HAYABUSA, SUZAKU, AKARI and HINODE into orbit around the earth and interplanetary space. The M-V's last ...

TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) turned to a tried-and ... the X-ray astronomy satellite XRISM was placed in orbit, and 33 minutes later, the ...