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, ...

After spending almost three months stranded at the International Space Station, two U.S. astronauts were told they would have to spend several months in space instead of returning home as scheduled, ...

The concept of a Space Elevator might seem like science fiction, right? However, what if we told you that a company in Japan has promised to make this a reality? Just imagine pressing the "up" button ...

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 ...

Getting into space is hard, not to mention expensive. Only a few people go every year. What if, instead of rocket propulsion, you could just hop on a space elevator? It sounds far fetched but for 10 ...

In late August, officials at NASA announced what had already become apparent: Two U.S. astronauts, stranded for nearly three months at the International Space Station, weren't coming home as planned ...

The Periodic Graphics article in the July 1, 2024, issue of C&EN titled “The Science of Space Elevators” (page 25) is so oversimplified as to be tantamount to farce. The implication from the article ...

Howard Mark’s comments on the Periodic Graphics article about space elevators were very much to the point (C&EN, Aug. 5, 2024, page 5). I would like to add one other comment. The space elevator design ...

The established wisdom seems to be that it's not something we can expect to see any time soon, let alone see receiving a budget allotment. However, there's a few compelling reasons I can think of: So ...

As for what's affordable... that's all in the eye of the beholder. The world has spent trillions of dollars on space launches already, with very little to show for it mass-wise. A low-g mass driver ...

(This video is no longer available for streaming.) It costs about $500 million to take the space shuttle out for a spin. But what if there was another way to get to space? And what if that way were as ...