The Science Museum (2), South Kensington, London  
Stevenson's Rocket Locomotive, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England, Great Britain
Science Museum, South Kensington.

The original Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive built in 1829 achieved a speed of 29 mph on its first test. Its basic design set the standard for the next 150 years.

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Ford Model T Car, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England, Great Britain
Science Museum, South Kensington.

The Ford Model T was introduced in 1908. Created by applying mass production techniques on a vast scale it brought an affordable motor car to the masses. The model shown was manufactured in 1916.

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The Apollo 10 Capsule, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England, Great Britain
Science Museum, South Kensington.

In this capsule Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan travelled around the Moon in 1969 as a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 landing which followed in July.

Stafford and Cernan descended in the Lunar Module to within 8.7 miles (14 kilometres) of the surface of the Moon The craft travelled approximately 500,000 miles (800,000 km) during the eight-day mission and exceeded 24,790 mph (39,887 km/h) on its return to Earth.

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The Apollo 11 Moon Lander, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England, Great Britain
Science Museum, South Kensington.

This is a highly accurate, full-sized replica of 'Eagle' - the lander that took astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin to the Moon in 1969 on the Apollo 11 mission.

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