A stairway to heaven is so 20th century. Japan wants to build an elevator. Later this month, researchers at Shizuoka University will begin testing for a “space elevator,” which would connect earth and ...

Getting into space can be a tricky thing. Right now, the hardware that can get you there — a rocket — is complex, pricey, and a bit dangerous. The idea of a space elevator which could haul satellites, ...

GOING (WAY) UP. For more than a century, the scientific community has kicked around the idea of space elevators. Specifics vary, but the basic design involves a vehicle of some sort that travels along ...

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 ...

The idea of a space elevator has been put forward for more than a century and now Japan is finally going to build one, but at a very small scale. Despite SpaceX’s attempts to drastically reduce the ...