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 ...

Ben is a writer for Game Rant. He has a passion for gaming and has been playing video games since he was 6. Ben has always been a fan of open-world games, having gotten into them back when RuneScape ...

A 3D model of a space elevator. Credit: Bruce Irving/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The space elevator has been a staple of science fiction for decades, from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke to the ...

A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William ...

LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced the release of “LiftPort — The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone,” a new book on the LiftPort Space Elevator, a revolutionary new ...

The first Space Needle Skyliner elevator was unveiled on May 23. It is a double-decker elevator and features floor-to-ceiling glass for improved city views. It is the first of its kind to exist in ...

The Space Needle's new Skyliner elevator, the first of its kind in North America, opened to the public on Friday. The new Skyliner is a double deck, floor-to-ceiling glass elevator, "completely ...

Explore the frontiers of space exploration this summer with a special one-day session on the space elevator. The Space Engineering and Science Institute (SESI) will host Space Elevator Day on Friday, ...

Gravity can be a grueling taskmaster. Anyone who’s walked up a dozen flights of stairs knows this. Getting into space is that much harder. It takes hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust and over ...

The latest storm to sweep across western Washington cut power to thousands and caused tree damage. by Jackie Kent,KOMONewsStaff SEATTLE — The Space Needle's new Skyliner elevator, the first of its ...