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 ...

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.

In this interview, Adrian Nixon, CEO of Nixor Ltd, talks to AZoM about Space Elevators and how 2D materials will contribute to them. The concept is straightforward. At the moment the only way of ...