Space elevators have long been a staple of science fiction. Now, scientists in Japan will test space-elevator tech from the International Space Station. The push for a space elevator took a step ...

A team of Japanese researchers say they are planning to test out a prototype space elevator later this month, with the hope of building the real thing one day. The rest of this article is behind a ...

For those of you who know what a space elevator is, you also know how difficult (some would say impossible) it will be to create one. Well, don’t tell that to the starry-eyed guys in Redmond this ...

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Japanese construction giant Obayashi first talked about building an elevator into space a few years ago, and this week it wants everyone to know it hasn’t given up on the idea. While the idea may ...

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 ...