Ten locomotives were entered, running along a one-mile length of track at Rainhill in Lancashire; the winner was ‘Stephenson’s Rocket’, engineered by George Stephenson, who was duly granted ...

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The New Glenn Rocket helps bring competition to the spacecrafts ... on going to the stars and science fiction writer Neal Stephenson was among those who offered input. As the two billionaire ...

It’s not often you can be in the same place as lord mayors, businessmen and social reformers who helped shape the city's ...

Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world, successfully blasted off a 320-foot-tall rocket ship made by his Blue Origin company from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the early hours of the morning.

Recent local history books on Cincinnati’s frontier years, Bengals phenom Greg Cook and Coney Island are great additions to ...

He said the name The Rocket was chosen because the brewery wanted to escape from the traditional pub names. It was thought that the name, referring to George Stephenson's railway engine and the ...

I was fascinated by his claims that he drove Rocket, the steam locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson, at the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. The more I tried to find out ...

Railway heroes George and Robert Stephenson take centre stage in a gripping new children’s book inspired by the early days of steam locomotives.

After you’ve nerded out over the Apollo 10 capsule and Stephenson’s rocket, the kids will love the Wonderlab where a friction slide and a chemistry bar will have them learning unawares.

Aunt Maya: A man called George Stephenson. He designed many different steam engines. But it was his son, Robert, who built the most famous early one. It was called Rocket. Rian: Good name!