ZME Science

What Happens When You Throw a Paper Plane From Space? These Physicists Found Out

What would happen if you threw a paper airplane from the International Space Station? It’s just the sort of idea that might ...

Scientists Answer Vital Question: What Happens If You Throw A Paper Airplane In Space?

In what must be the greatest scientific paper of all time, Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki attacked the problem with the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Now You Can Fold Planes From the National Air and Space Museum and Watch Them Fly

Check out a new book of paper airplanes inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections Michael D. Hulslander A paper airplane and its inspiration, the Mitchell U-2 Superwing. Plane image - Gift ...
Phys.org

How paper planes could provide sustainable solutions to space debris

Space junk is a huge problem. The surge in satellite launches in recent years is leaving low Earth orbit (LEO) cluttered with debris such as discarded rocket bodies, broken parts and defunct ...
Yahoo

How to Make the Best Paper Airplane Designs That Will Go the Distance

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper inspires ...
Gizmodo

Origami Space Planes Could Solve a Major Problem in Orbit

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 ...