The concept of an elevator to space is not new. In the world of Arthur C. Clarke, it is a natural progression. What most people don't know is that men and women around the world are working hard to build it right this moment. Some want to solve the energy crisis, some want easier access to raw materials in the solar system, and some just want to travel to space and gaze upon their home planet. For all of them though, the elevator is more than just a science fiction plot, it is a way of life. Discover what happens when egos and passions collide in a quest to build the impossible.

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European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and his NASA colleague Reid Wiseman are launched int...

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A short documentary about Fritz Lang's film 'Frau im Mond', and its relation to the science and hist...

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus in...

Did Mars ever have life on it? To answer this question, Europe and Russia have launched a unique and...

Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Ven...

Top Gear presenter James May presents this informative program that examines the historic moon missi...

Horizon visits state-of-the-art laboratories and uses CGI to recreate the science-fiction-worthy wea...

A GCSE short film project studying depictions of outer space in movies.

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