Apollo Lunar Module
7.04 m (23.1 ft)
Height with legs extended
The spidery lander that carried astronauts to the Moon's surface, legs extended. About 7 m (23 ft) tall with its legs extended.
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How big is that?
7.04 m is 4 times an adult man and 26% of a blue whale.
Apollo Lunar Module is the 3rd smallest of the 39 Cosmic Scale objects, and the 45th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Shipping container (20 ft) (Classic), 6.058 m long and Football goal (Full size) (Classic), 7.32 m.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Apollo Lunar Module in orange beside the Cosmic Scale objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Apollo Lunar Module |
|---|---|---|
| Perseverance (Mars rover)NASA's car-sized Mars rover, measured without its robotic arm. | 3 m long | 43% of the size |
| Voyager's dish (High-gain antenna)The antenna that still talks to Earth from interstellar space. | 3.66 m across | 52% of the size |
| Apollo Lunar Module | 7.04 m tall | – |
| Hubble Space TelescopeThe telescope in orbit since 1990, about the size of a bus. | 13.2 m long | 1.9× bigger |
| James Webb Space Telescope (Sunshield)The tennis-court-sized sunshield that keeps Webb cold, measured along its long side. | 21.197 m | 3× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 704 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 7.04 |
| Inches | 277.2 |
| Feet | 23.1 |
| Yards | 7.699 |
How it's measured
Height with legs extended. NASA, converted from 23 ft 1 in.
Sources
- nasa.gov: LM height 23ft, 1in. (legs extended).
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Apollo Lunar Module is one of the objects in Cosmic Scale, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.