A space elevator, also referred to as a space bridge, star ladder, and orbital lift, is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system, often...

Space elevator economics compares the cost of sending a payload into Earth orbit via a space elevator with the cost of doing so with alternatives, like...

A lunar space elevator or lunar spacelift is a proposed transportation system for moving a mechanical climbing vehicle up and down a ribbon-shaped tethered...

This is a list of occurrences of space elevators in fiction. Some depictions were made before the space elevator concept became fully established. Kris...

never-done-before technologies like the construction and operation of a space elevator. A space elevator would present a navigational hazard, both to aircraft and spacecraft...

transferred to the payload. A skyhook differs from a geostationary orbit space elevator in that a skyhook would be much shorter and would not come in contact...

A space elevator is a theoretical system using a super-strong ribbon going from the surface of the Earth to a point beyond Geosynchronous orbit. The center...

approaches for constructing a space elevator have been proposed: First, using in-space resources to manufacture the whole cable in space. Second, launching and...

whereas the space elevator depends on the development of a material for the cable with a very high specific strength. A space elevator is a proposed...

has been proposed as a future site for space elevator construction. This would involve a pair of space elevators: one extending 6,000 km from the Mars-facing...

geosynchronous orbit. A further form of geosynchronous orbit is the theoretical space elevator. If a mass orbiting above the geostationary belt is tethered to the...

An elevator (American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically...

materials to make an Earth-based space elevator possible. Landis and Cafarelli suggested that a tension structure ("space elevator") extending downward from...

"The Space Elevator Comes Closer to Reality". space.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Edwards, Bradley C. (2004). "A Space Elevator Based...

Elevator:2010 was an inducement prize contest with the purpose of developing space elevator and space elevator-related technologies. Elevator:2010 organized...

Unfinished building NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts suggested building space elevator on equatorial floating platform located at the “lightning-free” zone...

LiftPort Space Elevator". liftport.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2008. "NASA Reaches Milestone in Space Launch...

conceived the idea of a space elevator, sometimes referred to as a synchronous tether, and, in particular, analyzed a lunar elevator that can go through the...

through a simulated journey 220 miles (355 km) up to Centauri Space Station using a space elevator known as the Stellarvator. The table-service restaurant serves...

increasingly complex factories. The initial goal is to construct a space elevator, through which the Pioneer begins supplying the megacorp the player...

station-supporting streams. Unlike a space elevator, this concept does not need extremely strong materials anywhere, and unlike space elevators and orbital rings, it...

and lunar space elevators could be built with modern-day materials however. A space elevator on Phobos has also been proposed. Space elevators also have...

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing...

proposed megastructures, only the orbital elevator, the Lofstrom launch loop, and Martian or lunar space elevator concepts could be built using conventional...

say goodbye (as volunteers can never return to Earth), Perry takes a space elevator to the CDF ship Henry Hudson, where he meets Thomas, Jessie, Harry,...

an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and function as a spacecraft in outer space. To do so, spaceplanes must incorporate features of both aircraft and spacecraft...

space exploration missions, delivering raw materials to a Moon-based space dock positioned as a counterweight to a Moon-based space elevator. Space docks...

traction lifts (elevators), cranes and funfair rides. In these applications, the expected load multiplied by the distance that load will be spaced from the central...

claimed. SpaceX uses Zylon for the suspension lines on their Mk3 parachutes. Four Mk3 parachutes serve as the main parachutes on each of SpaceX's human-rated...

engineer born in Leningrad. He was one of the pioneers of the idea of a space elevator. The February issue of the ISEC Newsletter is devoted to his life and...