A space elevator could be used to get objects up to geosynchronous orbit (GEO), possibly as fast as a week’s time. At GEO, ...

Day trips to the Moon, living on Mars, space elevators… when it comes to the future of space exploration, some possibilities might be closer than we think! Made by BBC Ideas in partnership with ...

It’s the stuff that Science Fiction is made of: an elevator that climbs its way into space rather than needing a rocket to get there. Can it be done? No. But this Kickstarter project aims to ...

You'd see stars, even in the middle of the day. Eventually you'd be weightless. It'd be a very smooth ride; there wouldn't be any shaking." How would space elevators affect the average person?

An architect from Cumbria has won a €10,000 (£8,617) prize for his design of a new kind of space travel. Barrow-born Jordan William Hughes has designed an elevator that transports passengers ...

Researchers have considered building a space elevator to transport people from Earth to far-off space for more than a century, at least in theory, and for a few decades in practice. Currently ...

and if you're wondering what happened to today in space history don't miss our On This Day in Space video show here! The European Space Agency (ESA) space telescope Euclid has release the "first ...

That's the basic idea behind a space elevator. Instead of taking six to eight months to reach Mars, scientists have estimated a space elevator could get us there in three to four months or even as ...

Growing up, many of us dream of one day ... space station has been unveiled ahead of its launch next year. Dubbed Haven-1, the space station is much more modern and spacious than the ISS, with ...

That means clever ways of using the available space. For the elevator he constructed a platform out of 2x lumber held together with bolts and steel supports. The carriage runs up and down on a ...

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Then the next day at breakfast ... doors on other ships was front and center on Queen Anne. For example, room service is delivered using guest elevators, which in the morning means you’re ...