A Japanese team is testing a small prototype space elevator, according to news reports. It’s certainly not the fantastical, many-kilometer-long cable of science fiction, but it demonstrates that at ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division contractors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct phase 2 testing on a lower stage weapons elevator on Feb.

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevator’s 420-foot (128 meters ...

For many years there have been discussions surrounding the potential for the development of ‘space elevator’ technology. This would essentially put an orbiting ‘station’ in the air and from it, a ...

Whether above ground or underground, there's a lot of rock and roll happening at Linwood Mining & Minerals Corp. in Davenport ...

An old tower used to test elevators will see new life under a new business in Moline. City council approved leasing the ...

Moline city leaders will discuss a proposed lease Tuesday night that could bring elevator testing back to the iconic KONE ...