List of vehicle speed records

ThrustSSC.jpg|ThrustSSC, which has held the land speed record since 1997 VeloX3BM2013.JPG|VeloX3, formerly the world's fastest human-powered vehicle Lunar Rover Apollo 17.jpg|Apollo 17 LRV, fastest vehicle driven on the Moon 2020 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ Prototype.jpg|Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, the fastest production car JCB Dieselmax.jpg|JCB Dieselmax, the fastest diesel car Buckeye Bullet 3 Front View.jpg|Buckeye Bullet 3, the fastest electric car Imagination (4979632603).jpg|Inspiration, the fastest steam powered vehicle ==Rail vehicles==

Rocket sled track.jpg|Lt. Col. John P. Stapp rides the rocket sled at Edwards Air Force Base TGV World Speed Record 574 km per hour.jpg|The V150, the world's fastest wheeled train, on its record-breaking run Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10590, Propeller-Eisenbahn auf der Versuchsstrecke.jpg|Schienenzeppelin propeller-driven rail car Number 4468 Mallard in York.jpg|Mallard, the world's fastest steam train ==Aircraft==

Aircraft speed records are based on true airspeed, rather than ground speed. Speed is Life HTV-2 Reentry New.jpg|HTV-2 (artist rendering), the fastest uncrewed aerial vehicle X-15 in flight.jpg|North American X-15, the fastest piloted rocket-powered aircraft Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.jpg|SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest piloted air-breathing aircraft 77 F8F-2 Bearcat (N-777L) Rare Bear 2014 Reno Air Races.jpg|Rare Bear, the fastest piston-engined aircraft Rochelt Musculair II.jpg|Musculair 2, the fastest human-powered aircraft RIAN archive 566221 Tu-144 passenger airliner.jpg|Tupolev Tu-144, the fastest commercial aircraft Electroflight NXTE Rolls-Royce ACCEL ‘G-NXTE’ “Spirit of Innovation” (53483255836).jpg|Rolls-Royce ACCEL, the fastest electric aircraft Noted unofficial records ==Watercraft==

SpiritOfAustraliaModelBloweringDam.jpg|Model of Spirit of Australia, which holds the water speed record Vestas Sailrocket 2, sailboat, esquisse.png|Vestas Sailrocket, the fastest wind-powered watercraft Decavitator, Boston MA.jpg|Decavitator, the fastest human-powered watercraft Omer5 2007.jpg|Omer 5, the fastest human-powered submarine Экраноплан КМ.jpg|The "Caspian Sea Monster", the fastest ground-effect vehicle ==Spacecraft==

In order to unambiguously express the speed of a spacecraft, a frame of reference must be specified. Typically, this frame is fixed to the body with the greatest gravitational influence on the spacecraft, as this is the most relevant frame for most purposes. Velocities in different frames of reference are not directly comparable; thus the matter of the "fastest spacecraft" depends on the reference frame used. Because of the influence of gravity, maximum velocities are usually attained when a spacecraft is close to its primary body: either just after launch, at a point of closest approach (periapsis), or during the early stages of atmospheric entry. Parker Solar Probe.jpg|Parker Solar Probe (artist rendering), fastest spacecraft relative to the Sun New Horizons spacecraft model 1.png|New Horizons (artist rendering), fastest spacecraft upon departing Earth ApolloX CommandModule London.jpg|Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown, fastest crewed vehicle relative to Earth ==See also==