Testing a small-scale prototype of the space paper airplane in the University of Tokyo's hypersonic wind tunnel. Shinji Suzuki Earlier this year, when astronauts attached the first section of Japan’s ...

Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space. Toda’s ...

This video shows a pair of hands carefully folding bright paper into a simple airplane shape. The process highlights clean folds that result in a neat and symmetrical paper plane.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learn how to make paper airplanes with these easy-to-follow directions. Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper. Finished ...

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Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

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 a ...