{"id":122378,"date":"2024-11-05T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122378"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:27:46","slug":"lignosat-worlds-first-wooden-satellite-developed-in-japan-heads-to-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122378","title":{"rendered":"LignoSat: World\u2019s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Kyoto, Japan<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">Reuters<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33ydfmf000s26p2h5242bgz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The world\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/07\/asia\/japan-wooden-satellite-scn-spc\/index.html\">wooden satellite<\/a>, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00033b6mlbxc3o1q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            LignoSat, developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, will be flown to the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission, and later released into orbit about 400 kilometers (250 miles) above the Earth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00043b6mzf9nbbst@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Named after the Latin word for \u201cwood,\u201d the palm-sized LignoSat is tasked to demonstrate the cosmic potential of the renewable material as humans explore living in space.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00053b6mxuthjulq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWith timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever,\u201d said Takao Doi, an astronaut who has flown on the Space Shuttle and studies human space activities at Kyoto University.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm33z26u6000y3b6mosg3c35d@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2024-11-05T024141Z_1715239549_RC2HRAAD2HVB_RTRMADP_3_JAPAN-SPACE-WOODEN-SATELLITE.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.702\" data-original-height=\"2106\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-05t024141z-1715239549-rc2hraad2hvb-rtrmadp-3-japan-space-wooden-satellite.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"2106\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-05t024141z-1715239549-rc2hraad2hvb-rtrmadp-3-japan-space-wooden-satellite.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2106\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-05t024141z-1715239549-rc2hraad2hvb-rtrmadp-3-japan-space-wooden-satellite.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2106\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-05t024141z-1715239549-rc2hraad2hvb-rtrmadp-3-japan-space-wooden-satellite.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2106\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-05t024141z-1715239549-rc2hraad2hvb-rtrmadp-3-japan-space-wooden-satellite.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-05t024141z-1715239549-rc2hraad2hvb-rtrmadp-3-japan-space-wooden-satellite.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"An engineering model of LignoSat, pictured at Kyoto University ahead of Tuesday's launch.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2106\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00063b6m05s5g7me@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            With a 50-year plan of planting trees and building timber houses on the moon and Mars, Doi\u2019s team decided to develop a NASA-certified wooden satellite to prove wood is a space-grade material.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00073b6ml5ur9giq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cEarly 1900s airplanes were made of wood,\u201d said Kyoto University forest science professor Koji Murata. \u201cA wooden satellite should be feasible, too.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00083b6mrvfmhuws@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because there\u2019s no water or oxygen that would rot or inflame it, Murata added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q00093b6m0pyjq6jx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A wooden satellite also minimizes the environmental impact at the end of its life, the researchers say.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000a3b6momcdjzq7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Decommissioned satellites must re-enter the atmosphere to avoid becoming space debris. Conventional metal satellites create aluminum oxide particles during re-entry, but wooden ones would just burn up with less pollution, Doi said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000b3b6mtrq3ha9j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMetal satellites might be banned in the future,\u201d Doi said. \u201cIf we can prove our first wooden satellite works, we want to pitch it to Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000d3b6mo2d6qd4g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The researchers found that honoki, a kind of magnolia tree native in Japan and traditionally used for sword sheaths, is most suited for spacecraft, after a 10-month experiment aboard the International Space Station.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000e3b6m52tlxitg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            LignoSat is made of honoki, using a traditional Japanese crafts technique without screws or glue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000f3b6mseyoc940@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Once deployed, LignoSat will stay in the orbit for six months, with the electronic components onboard measuring how wood endures the extreme environment of space, where temperatures fluctuate from -100 to 100 degrees Celsius (-148 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit) every 45 minutes as it orbits from darkness to sunlight.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000g3b6mndf6ux6z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            LignoSat will also gauge wood\u2019s ability to reduce the impact of space radiation on semiconductors, making it useful for applications such as data center construction, said Kenji Kariya, a manager at Sumitomo Forestry Tsukuba Research Institute.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33yea3q000h3b6mwy80h4ef@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt may seem outdated, but wood is actually cutting-edge technology as civilisation heads to the moon and Mars,\u201d he said. \u201cExpansion to space could invigorate the timber industry.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/05\/style\/japan-wooden-satellite-hnk-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyoto, Japan Reuters \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The world\u2019s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars &hellip; 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