According to The Underwire, the Japan Origami Airplane Association is folding up a paper airplane which will, hopefully, be able to survive the long flight from the International Space Station to the Earth’s surface. 

If they showed this after hours on the NASA network, I think they’d notice a ratings increase. Imagine: much like Santa’s sleigh, a tiny origami plane tracked worldwide on screens full of Japanese characters.

“Researchers from the University of Tokyo began testing the strength and heat resistance of an 3.1 inch long prototype on January 17 in an ultra-high-speed wind tunnel that will blast out wind speeds up to 5,300 miles-per-hour. The origami craft, which is shaped like the Space Shuttle, has been treated to withstand intense heat.”