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

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 ...

From hypothetical magnetic levitation trains and space elevators that aren't even attached to the ground, to very real space ...

Why build a space elevator? "The space elevator will reduce the cost of getting from Earth to space. It will also allow us to take very large payloads into space very easily, very safely.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

They gave us a special boarding pass for the Space Elevator, and we waited in the lounge for a minute until it was our turn to ride up. The cylindrical elevator was ready to take us up 220 miles ...