"The idea that you might be able to grow wood on another planet to help you explore space or make shelters - explorers have always used wood to make shelters when they've gone to a new land." ...

A space with too much wood furniture or too many upholstered pieces can feel off balanced. Plus, it’s hard to relax in a space that only features hard surfaces or know where you put your drink ...

In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet ... listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe.

The satellite, called LignoSat, was created by Kyoto University and Japanese construction company Sumitomo Forestry in a preliminary trial of using wood ... in space as we take steps to explore ...

Now, NASA says that the tiny satellite, dubbed LignoSat, was finally released into the wild last month, in an experiment that will explore the viability of using wood in space — which if ...

“We would like to show the world that wood can survive in space," Doi said, “and we would be able to use wood in building satellites as well as space stations or a moon base or Mars base." ...