Futuristic space elevator could make going into space a lot easier — for a price. By St. John Barned-Smith, Staff writer Updated May 13, 2019 3:54 p.m.

An elevator to the moon might not be as crazy as it sounds. A moon-based elevator to space could radically reduce the costs and improve the reliability of placing equipment on the lunar surface.

THE SPACE ELEVATOR. Getting into space with rockets is ridiculously expensive. A NASA Inspector General report says the agency will pay Russia $491.2 million to send six astronauts into space in ...

Solar farms in orbit, nuclear power on the moon, space elevators and interstellar travel — which might we see happen first? World Space Week this year, which runs between Oct. 4 and Oct. 10,is ...

A space elevator would use a cable stretching from Earth’s surface to beyond geostationary orbit—about 42,000 kilometers (26,098 miles) into space. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) ...

The idea of a space elevator has captured imaginations for decades, but is it actually possible to build one? This video explores the science, engineering challenges, and materials needed to make ...

While conventional wisdom suggests that space launch via rockets is the best way to send human beings into orbit, other "non-rocket" methods have been proposed, including a futuristic "space ...

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. We journey to 2055, when a space elevator from the moon’s surface to near-Earth orbit was ...

This week's fifth annual Space Elevator Conference, sponsored by Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), is bringing a host of academics, space enthusiasts and small business owners to Redmond, Wash., to ...

An elevator to the moon might not be as crazy as it sounds. A moon-based elevator to space could radically reduce the costs and improve the reliability of placing equipment on the lunar surface ...