World's first wooden satellite heads to space
The world's first wooden satellite, built by scientists in Japan, headed into space Monday atop a SpaceX rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
It'll stay in orbit for six months, 250 miles above the Earth in an attempt to prove wood is a space-grade material.
Sensors on board will measure how the material puts up with extreme temperatures in space which range from minus-148 degrees to plus-212 degrees Fahrenheit every 45 minutes, as it orbits from darkness to sunlight.
REUTERS / NASA / KYOTO UNIVERSITY HANDOUT VIDEO
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