the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). The Saturn V holds the record for the largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit, 311,152 lb (141,136 kg), which included unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo command and service module and Lunar Module to the Moon. (Full article...)
Image 11German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 12Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 27According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 29Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 30Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 31The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 32The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 33The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 34Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 35Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 36A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 37First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?