Nightmare became reality for six passengers last week when their elevator plummeted towards the ground.
Scientists in Japan are aiming to one day build an elevator that can carry people and cargo in to orbit.
German company ThyssenKrupp has developed an elevator that can go horizontally as well as vertically.
A woman in China died after workers shut down an elevator without checking to see if anyone was inside.
A new space elevator concept could see astronauts ascending in to the stratosphere before taking off.
The special mechanism used to hoist wild animals in to the world famous arena has now been rebuilt.
While undeniably useful, the concept of a space elevator may simply be impractical in the real world.
Two of the new super-speed lifts will be installed inside China's Guangzhou Finance Centre by 2016.
A clever prank from a show in Brazil is being hailed as one of the most terrifying wind-ups of all time.
Entrepreneur Michael Laine believes we possess the technology to build a space elevator on the surface of the moon.
For years NASA have been looking in to the possibility of space elevators, a new study has revealed that a rotating elev...