NASA launched the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 16, and as Orion is heading on a journey around the Moon, officials have ...

A space elevator could make it much cheaper and faster to get goods to other planets, like Mars. The Obayashi Corporation based in Japan announced in 2012 plans to begin building one by next year. Not ...

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A 3D model of a space elevator. Credit: Bruce Irving/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The space elevator has been a staple of science fiction for decades, from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke to the ...

See how the 322 foot tall (98 m) Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket looks from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) elevator. Credit: Space.com | Footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve ...

Space elevators are often dismissed as a science fiction dream, but I believe they will exist soon—perhaps in two or three decades. Throughout my career as an aerospace engineer and physics professor, ...