A space elevator is usually imagined as one of the hardest megaprojects humanity could ever attempt on Earth. But this ...

Gravity can be a grueling taskmaster. Anyone who’s walked up a dozen flights of stairs knows this. Getting into space is that much harder. It takes hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust and over ...

The Space Needle's new Skyliner elevator, the first of its kind in North America, opened to the public on Friday. The new Skyliner is a double deck, floor-to-ceiling glass elevator, "completely ...

The Space Needle unveiled its new double-decker, glass-door elevator to the public Friday. The elevator, dubbed the “Skyliner,” will give people a better view of the city and the Puget Sound region as ...

(via Kyle Hill) It’s hard to believe but space elevators have been theorized about for over a century. The physics are solid and the concept of these megastructures towering above us is so damn cool.

Elevator is first of three on site to be modernized with new Otis elevators "The new elevator is more than a way up, it's a symbol of where we're headed," said Ron Sevart, Space Needle President & CEO ...

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't work on other bodies around the solar system. One of the most ...

SEATTLE — Visitors to one of Seattle's most iconic attractions will have a much better view of the city as they ascend beginning Friday. The Space Needle unveiled its new all-glass, double-deck, ...