That's the basic idea behind a space elevator. Instead of taking six to eight months to reach Mars, scientists have estimated a space elevator could get us there in three to four months or even as ...

For more than a century in theory and at least a couple of decades in earnest, researchers have pondered the construction of ...

It’s the stuff that Science Fiction is made of: an elevator that climbs its way into space rather than needing a rocket to get there. Can it be done? No. But this Kickstarter project aims to ...

One of the biggest challenges to space travel is escaping Earth's orbit, but space elevators, long a staple of science fiction, promise an innovative way to overcome it. A long cable anchored to ...

A growing number of scientists and space-technology enthusiasts are looking into ways to construct a huge elevator, either on Earth or the moon, that could transport cargo to and from space.

(via SciShow) From hypothetical magnetic levitation trains and space elevators that aren't even attached to the ground, to very real space cannons tested in the 1960s, humans have come up with a lot ...

Press "S" for space? A Canadian company wants to build a tower that would allow astronauts to take an elevator part way into orbit. The tower would be 20 times higher than Dubai's Burj Khalifa ...

The two discuss what's next for space tourism, whether Elon Musk is ... Street Journal You never know who you'll bump into in an elevator. This Wall Street Journal interview series shows those ...

Fire service officials drained water from the basement of an adjacent building, addressing speculation about the existence of ...