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Rocket Lab will launch world's first wooden satellite Newshub 7 hrs ago © WISA Plywood What the satellite will look like. The world's first wooden satellite is preparing to launch from Rocket Lab's Mahia Peninsula site later this year. Designed in Finland the 10 by 10cm plywood satellite will launch as part of a mission to test the behaviour and durability of wood for possible future missions. Woodsat chief engineer Samuli Nymanm said the satellite is "basically the same" as any you'd find in a hardware store. "The main difference is that ordinary plywood is too humid for space use so we...

Those old enough to remember the early days of satellites and space missions will recall that the crafts launched contained state-of-the-art materials, some of which eventually made their way into the public domain after proving their strengths is space – titanium alloys, for example. No one in the early space program would have thought to go back to the early days of the auto or train industries and use heavy, rust-prone iron, or back to the early construction days and use concrete. Yet a new satellite company has gone back even further in time for its materials and is preparing to launch ...

COVID testing planned Jan. 25 in Godfrey The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail GODFREY — Free COVID-19 testing returns to Godfrey next week. Godfrey’s Public Safety Administrator Chris Sichra said the mobile “drive- thru” testing unit will be set up in a similar manner as before on the parking lot of the sheriff’s substation, on the Lars Hoffman side, just behind village hall at 6810 Godfrey Road. Testing will be offered 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25. All vehicles must enter the substation lot through from Lars Hoffman. The center turn lane of Lars Hoffman will be used as a “vehic...

WBGZ Radio 1/22/2021 | By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio If you need to get a COVID test, there is an opportunity coming up Monday in Godfrey. The village is teaming up with the Madison County Health Department to offer a mobile “drive- thru” testing unit. Testing will take place from 8am - 4pm on the parking lot of the sheriff’s substation behind village hall. Madison County Health Department Director Toni Corona tells The Big Z in addition to testing, you should continue to practice the "3W's." Click here for Corona's comments You must enter the parking lot from Lars Hoffman Crossing. The...

COVID-19 testing unit returns to Godfrey Dec. 12 The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail Drive-through testing route GODFREY — Godfrey’s Public Safety Administrator, Chris Sichra is notifying residents that free COVID-19 testing will be returning to the village this weekend. Testing will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. All vehicles must enter the substation lot from Lars Hoffman Boulevard. Sichra said that the mobile drive-through testing unit will be set up in a similar manner to the October testing, to be held on the parking lot of the Madison County Sheriff’s Substation (on the...