The push for a space elevator took a step forward this week when a team of researchers from Shizuoka University in Japan announced that they will launch an experiment to the International Space ...

Admittedly, at least for now, the idea of a beanstalk-style space elevator connecting Earth and space is a stretch. But next month’s X Prize Cup will host the Space Elevator Games, an unprecedented ...

A pair of tiny satellites that will help test technology for a space elevator is on its way to the International Space Station. At 1:52 p.m. EDT on September 22, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

IT MIGHT be in Indonesia. Maybe Brazil. Possibly on a barge floating in the Pacific Ocean. Wherever it ends up, somewhere on the equator the world’s tallest structure will jut out into space, a ...

For decades, the staggering cost of escaping Earth's gravity has limited our reach into space. Sending just one kilogram into orbit can run tens of thousands of dollars. Costs climb even higher for ...

The problem with rockets is that they are expensive, mostly single use and occasionally have been known to explode. That’s why for over a century scientists and sci-fi writers alike have dreamed of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The World Space Elevator Competition (WSPEC), a new non-profit initiative designed to promote the next generation of STEAM fields worldwide, today announced the ...

Space elevators to ferry passengers and cargo to and from orbit could be built using existing materials, if the technology takes inspiration from biology to fix itself when needed, a new study finds.

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 2018. That’s almost $82 ...