Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virgin Galactic unveiled its commercial space airplane’s interior cabin on July 28. The SpaceShipTwo is not offering rides just ...

It would be much easier to escape Earth’s gravity if you could skip the energy-intensive rockets. That’s the idea behind the Spaceline, a newly-proposed type of space elevator that would link the ...

The high cost of escaping Earth’s gravity has long been a barrier to expanding human presence in space. Launching just one kilogram into orbit can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and the expenses ...

The Spaceline® constellation development tool empowers teams to quickly plot and test tailored space systems Ascending Node Technologies (ANT), the leading developer of collaborative mission ...

It costs slightly less, in fuel, to reach the spaceline than to move into a geostationary orbit. Transport along the cable would be free, the the elevator cars were designed to be with solar powered.