ORIGAMI-style space homes that spring off the ground on Mars could house future visitors to the red planet. These hi-tech ...

An ongoing problem for NASA, SpaceX, and other entities involved with space travel is packing as much equipment as possible into a single rocket to reduce launch costs and make space exploration more ...

To get started, all you need is a standard A4 sheet of paper and the folding skills of a 4-year-old. Reading time 3 minutes Building a spacecraft could one day be as simple as folding a piece of paper ...

To get more spacecraft into the smallest possible launch package, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have turned to the Japanese tradition of paper-folding known as origami. The ...

One big problem when sending things into space is, well, space. Rockets have limited payload capacity and given the costs involved, every inch counts. That's why Brigham Young University researchers ...

Start your origami journey with simple designs like cranes or boats. These basic models require fewer steps, making it easier for beginners to focus on each fold. By mastering simple shapes first, ...

KASHIWA, Japan — Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It's no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in a wind ...

WSU researchers have used the ancient Japanese art of paper folding to possibly solve a key challenge for outer space travel – how to store and move fuel to rocket engines. The researchers have ...

KASHIWA, Japan — Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It’s no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in a wind ...