{"id":122559,"date":"2024-11-06T03:20:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122559"},"modified":"2024-11-06T03:20:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:20:33","slug":"first-wooden-satellite-arrives-on-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122559","title":{"rendered":"First wooden satellite arrives on International Space Station"},"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>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FILE VIDEO: Astrophotographer Matthew Dominick spoke to FOX Weather about seeing weather phenomena from the International Space Station. Aug. 2, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The first space satellite made mostly of wood arrived at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/how-to-spot-international-space-station-iss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> on Tuesday along with other research and supplies.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">An international project led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan<\/a>&#8216;s Kyoto University researchers achieved its goal of sending the first-ever wooden satellite to space after more than four years of research and testing.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/space-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 launched from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>&#8216;s Kennedy Space Center launchpad 39A at 9:29 p.m. ET on Monday, sending a Cargo Dragon filled with science, supplies and groceries for the astronauts to the International Space Station. The Dragon arrived at the ISS on Tuesday morning, marking SpaceX\u2019s 31st cargo resupply run to the ISS for NASA and its international partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/crs31-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024 sending 6,000 pounds of supplies and research to the International Space Station.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024 sending 6,000 pounds of supplies and research to the International Space Station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (SpaceX \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/voyager-one-reestablishes-communication-earth-1981-transmitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VOYAGER 1 REESTABLISHES COMMUNICATION WITH EARTH USING BACKUP TRANSMITTER LAST USED IN 1981<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Among the payloads on Dragon was LignoSat2, a tiny spacecraft mostly made of magnolia wood, designed and created by Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry as part of the LignoStella Space Wood Project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/gettyimages-2154577466.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The world's first wooden satellite made from wood and named LignoSat, developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry, is shown during a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto on May 28, 2024.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The world&#8217;s first wooden satellite named LignoSat, developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry, is shown during a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto on May 28, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS \/ AFP) \/ Japan OUT (Photo by STR\/JIJI PRESS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">After wood specimens were tested on the ISS for 10 months in 2022, researchers selected magnolia \u00a0\u2013 or Hoonoki in Japanese \u2013 as the best candidate for a spacecraft because of its &#8220;high workability, stability and overall strength,&#8221; according to a January 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/research-news\/2024-01-25-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyoto University news release<\/a>. Hoonoki is also traditionally used in Japan to create sword sheaths.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The satellite was made from magnolia trees harvested from Sumitomo Forestry&#8217;s Monbetsu forest and assembled without any screws or glue using a traditional Japanese technique similar to dovetail joints in furniture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/prw_pi1fl_rhyunz1s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The completed wooden artificial satellite LignoSat flight model.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The completed wooden artificial satellite LignoSat flight model. (Image: Kyoto University)<\/p>\n<p> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">LignoSat will be deployed from the Japanese experiment module &#8220;Kibo&#8221; on the ISS and spend about six months in orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/spacex-crew-8-astronauts-splashdown-off-florida-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SPACEX CREW-8 ASTRONAUTS SPLASHDOWN OFF FLORIDA\u2019S COAST AFTER WEEKS OF WAITING ON GOOD WEATHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The growing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit is creating a space debris problem with few options to deorbit defunct spacecraft. Kyoto University researchers said one benefit of using wood is that it will burn up in Earth&#8217;s atmosphere when the satellite de-orbits, preventing any metals from reaching Earth. The use of future wood satellites could prevent more particles from entering Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/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.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/first-wooden-satellite-arrives-international-space-station\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE VIDEO: Astrophotographer Matthew Dominick spoke to FOX Weather about seeing weather phenomena from the International Space Station. 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