Count down the world of transport with an amazing mix of numbers, facts and statistics!

Do you know how fast a space rocket blasts through the sky? Or how deep under the sea submarines have ventured? How about the number of electric cars on the road? Or the top speed of NASA's crawler transporter (hint - it's not very fast!) Discover the answers to all these questions and much more in Big Countdown: Transport.

The Big Countdown looks at popular topics and investigates the great many numbers that make them fascinating. From the mind-bogglingly large to smallest and most precious, this series helps us understand that it's not just our days that are numbered. Ideal reading for number-crunchers aged 9 and up.

This book is part of a book series called The Big Countdown .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ben Hubbard is an author of nonfiction for children and adults.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Counting down the world's transport vehicles
• 2: 238, 539, 663 km travelled by Space Shuttle Discovery
• 3: 1, 051, 839 km of railway track in the world
• 4: The Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft can lift 253, 820 kg
• 5: 200, 000 cubic metres of air in the Hindenburg zeppelin
• 6: The Trieste submarine descended to a depth of 10, 916 metres
• 7: 6, 780 passengers can travel aboard the HMS Harmony of the Seas
• 8: 4, 136 merchant ships in Greece
• 9: 1, 228 km/h is the land speed record set by supersonic car Thrust SSC
• 10: A 450 tonne load can be transported by the BelAZ 75710 truck
• 11: Around 25% of the world's CO2 emissions come from transport vehicles
• 12: The top speed of NASA's Crawler-Transporter is 3. 2 km/h
• 13: Two wheels on a bicycle