The International Space Station
(ISS) is an internationally developed research facility, which is being
assembled in low Earth orbit. On-orbit construction of the station
began in 1998 and is scheduled for completion by 2011. The station will
remain in operation until at least 2015. With a greater mass than that
of any previous space station, the ISS can be seen from the Earth with
the naked eye, and, as of 2010[update], is the largest artificial
satellite orbiting the Earth. The ISS serves as a research laboratory
that has a microgravity environment in which crews conduct experiments
in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy and meteorology. The
station has a unique environment for the testing of the spacecraft
systems that will be required for missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS
is operated by Expedition crews, and has been continuously staffed
since 2 November 2000—an uninterrupted human presence in space for the
past 9 years and 75 days. As of 1 December 2009, the crew of Expedition
22 is aboard.
Announcing the world’s first and largest flying hotel! Welcome to The
Hotelicopter. Experience the adrenaline rush of taking off and flying
high in the largest helicopter ever produced.
A sheerleg is a floating crane, but compared to crane vessel it is not capable of rotating the crane separate from the ship.
MS Oasis of the Seas is a cruise ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean International. The first of her class, she is expected to be joined by her sister ship Allure of the Seas in November 2010. Both vessels are expected to cruise the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Guinness Book of World Records describes the bike as the world's tallest rideable motorcycle.
Greg Dunham built the 15-foot high, 25-foot-long monster bike in three
years. It weighs about 6,500 pounds and cost 300,000! Dunham steers it
from a cage below the handlebars. The beauty shop owner said he created
the monster bike because his friends said it couldn't be done and he
wanted to prove it could.
Octopus is currently the world's eighth largest superyacht, owned by Paul Allen,
the co-founder of Microsoft, to whom she was delivered in 2003. Octopus
is the third largest superyacht that is not owned by a head of state,
measuring 414 feet (126 m).
The world fastest recently introduced by China has a maximum speed of 245 mph (394 km/h)
with an average speed of 217 mph (350 km/h). The train is developed by
Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom. According to China Railway minister it
is currently the fastest train on the surface of earth.
Maltese Falcon,
the world’s largest sailing yacht 88 meter (289 ft) has been sold for
USD 100 million and is built by the Italian Perini Navi Yacht. This boat
uses the innovative sailing system DynaRig. It consists of three
constantly rotating masts, which hold 15 sails. The maximum speed of the
boat is of about 21 knots. Maltese Falcon is able to cross the Atlantic
in just 10 days.
North
Yungas Road is hands-down the most dangerous in the world for
motorists. If other roads could be considered impassable, this one
clearly endangers your life. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from
La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of
extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses.
Currently the world's largest airplane, the An-225 Mriya
(dream) is an enlarged version of the An-124. The original purpose of
the An-225 was to ferry large components used in the Soviet space
program. These duties were formerly performed by a modified M-4 Molot
bomber, but this aircraft did not have the payload capabilities required
by the rocketry developments of the 1980s. Antonov was called upon to
develop a new aircraft capable of carrying the Buran space shuttle,
components of the Energiya rocket, or other large cargos required by the
construction and mining industries.
The Terex Titan
33-19 was a prototype off-road earth hauler built by the Terex Division
of General Motors Corporation in 1974. It was first shown to the public in Las Vegas at the American Mining Congress. Built in General Motors'
London, Ontario, Canada plant, the 33-19 was the largest in the Terex 33
series of off-road haulers, others being the 33-03, 33-05, 33-07,
33-09, 33-11 and the 33-15. It had an operating capacity of 350 short
tons (320 t), an empty mass of 256 short tons (232 t), and a maximum
loaded mass of 606 short tons (550 t). At the time of its construction,
it was the largest truck ever built, but the size record was broken by
the Caterpillar 797 in 1998 (360-400 US ton/325-350 tonnes).
The NEOPLAN Jumbocruiser was an articulated double-deck multi-axle city coach built by NEOPLAN
Bus GmbH between 1975 and 1992. It is only possible to move between the
two parts via the upper deck, so they have separate doors and two sets
of stairs.
MAKE: 1996 FORD F250 Pickup Truck
MV Blue Marlin and her sister ship MV Black Marlin
comprise the Marlin class of semi-submersible heavy lift ship. They
were owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway from their
construction, in April 2000 and November 1999 respectively, until 6 July
2001, when they were purchased by Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands.
They were designed to transport very large semi-submersible drilling
rigs, which can weigh 30,000 tons and have a center of gravity around 30 meters (100 ft) above the transport ship's deck. The Marlins are equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna, and swimming facilities.
Vespa was founded in post-WWII Italy when Enrico Piaggio, owner of Piaggio & Co.,
decided to take his company out of the aeronautics industry. Because
many of Italy’s roads had been destroyed, motorbikes like the Cushman
were more useful than automobiles. Inspired by the Cushman, Piaggio
& Co. began working on a bike of their own. The result was the first
globally successful scooter—the Vespa.
