The University of Tokyo aerospace engineer hopes to watch real paper airplanes “launch” from the space station next year. The idea started with Takuo Toda, president of the Origami Paper ...

At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper inspires a certain degree of aerial imagination. Transforming this thin ...

The number 10 for Crew-10 and U.S., Japanese and Russian flags were added to the crocheted origami crane's wings and tail to give the appearance of airplane markings, representing the astronauts ...

"Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper ... "These patches are arranged to [make the crane] look like an airplane. This is a point of deep pride for our crew, because what pilot doesn ...