Modes of transport
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the locomotive, which pulls
the rest of the train.
In olden times, most trains
were pulled by horses and
later powered by steam.
Today, the most common are
electric or diesel locomotives.
Ships serve as water based transport,
sailed by a captain throughout the rivers,
seas and oceans. There are many different
types of ship. Tankers, for example, can be
loaded with multiple types of goods like oil,
cars or wood. Another type is the cruise
ship, carrying passengers (tourists). Yet
another type is the ferry, a ship
which usually carries people and their cars
over short distances, for example between
a coastline and nearby islands. All types
normally need a harbour to dock at. Ships
are useful for carrying large amounts of
goods over long distances but they usually
take a lot of time.
Motorcycles or motorbikes are motor vehicles usually with two
wheels and are for one or two passengers, one of which drives.
Motorbikes serve a wide range of purposes like racing, off-road
riding or every-day travel to work or school. Motorbikes are
probably the most popular in South-East Asia and especially in
Vietnam, where about 37 million motorbikes are registered (For
reference, it has a population of about 90 million).
Spaceships or
spacecraft are a mode
of transport that bring
astronauts into space -
into orbit around the
Earth or even farther.
The first artificial
satellite, called
Sputnik, was launched
by the Soviet Union in
1957, but it didn't
carry any crew on
board.
The most successful
spacecraft were those
built by America
during the Apollo
missions, reaching the
Moon in 1969 with Neil
Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin (flight Apollo