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 ...
An experimental satellite made of wood has been deployed ... Aluminum, a staple in spacecraft manufacturing, is the main culprit, as it produces ozone-destroying aluminum oxides when burnt.