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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Space Transit. As reported first by Interesting Engineering, Cohen depicts the space elevator as a cable that extends from Earth to space and can be used to transport both people and cargo ...

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.

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 ...

An architect from Cumbria has won a €10,000 (£8,617) prize for his design of a new kind of space travel. Barrow-born Jordan William Hughes has designed an elevator that transports passengers ...

Typically, the experience of simulating a trip to space is the stuff of theme parks or NASA training facilities. This space elevator, however, resides inside a pop-up arcade from Two Bit Circus ...