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 ...

What do you get when you fold together the ambitions and contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia? A zero-g indicator in the form of an origami ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Background: Spacecraft How do you make a spacecraft? Whether you need a satellite to study what’s happening here on Earth, to make images of ...

Transformer bots can form more than 1,000 shapes. (Jie Yin, NC State University via SWNS) By Stephen Beech via SWNS New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile ...

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CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile robots could transform space travel, say scientists. Taking inspiration from the ancient ...

Have you ever wondered how they get large satellites into small rockets to launch into space? Welcome to the world of Origami. Follow along as Bryan Kitahara, the founder of Down to Fold, as he guides ...

New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile robots could transform space travel, say scientists. Taking inspiration from the ancient Japanese art of ...