A space elevator could make it much cheaper and faster to get goods to other planets, like Mars. The Obayashi Corporation based in Japan announced in 2012 plans to begin building one by next year. Not ...

The concept of a Space Elevator might seem like science fiction, right? However, what if we told you that a company in Japan ...

The Spaceward Foundation recently announced the second annual Space Elevator Games to be held in partnership with NASA and the X PRIZE Foundation at the Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico, ...

A new international report lays out the challenges to building Earth's next great mega-project -- and they're more surmountable than you think. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Getting into space is hard, not to mention expensive. Only a few people go every year. What if, instead of rocket propulsion, you could just hop on a space elevator? It sounds far fetched but for 10 ...

Researchers gathered at the Space Elevator Conference on Thursday said that an elevator could make transportation to space so much more inexpensive than it is now, that companies could build large ...

The Periodic Graphics article in the July 1, 2024, issue of C&EN titled “The Science of Space Elevators” (page 25) is so oversimplified as to be tantamount to farce. The implication from the article ...

Scientists are rewriting spider DNA to create fibers stronger than steel — strong enough, they believe, to anchor an elevator ...

In the increasingly crowded corridors of low-Earth orbit, a Spanish company is pioneering technology that could revolutionize how satellites operate. PERSEI Space has developed an elegant solution to ...

Spaceward Foundation to hold the First Annual Space Elevator Competition October 21st, 2005 at NASA’s Ames Research Center. Spaceward Foundation will be hosting the first Space Elevator Competition at ...