Saturn V (Moon rocket)
111 m (364.2 ft)
Overall height
The rocket that carried Apollo astronauts to the Moon. Height: 111 m (363 ft).
Published
How big is that?
111 m is 2.2 times an Olympic pool and 34% of the Eiffel Tower.
Saturn V is the 9th smallest of the 39 Cosmic Scale objects, and the 37th largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: American football field (NFL) (Classic), 109.728 m long and Great Pyramid of Giza (Today) (Classic), 137.5 m tall.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Saturn V in orange beside the Cosmic Scale objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Saturn V |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 (SpaceX)SpaceX's reusable workhorse rocket. | 70 m tall | 63% of the size |
| International Space Station (Seen from above)The orbiting laboratory, measured along its solar-array truss. | 109 m long | about the same |
| Saturn V (Moon rocket) | 111 m tall | – |
| Starship (Full stack)SpaceX's giant rocket: the Ship on top of the Super Heavy booster. | 124 m tall | 1.1× bigger |
| Bennu (Asteroid)The spinning-top asteroid NASA's OSIRIS-REx brought samples back from. | 484 m across | 4.4× bigger |
In other units
| Metres | 111 |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 0.111 |
| Feet | 364.2 |
| Yards | 121.4 |
How it's measured
Overall height. NASA.
Sources
- nasa.gov: 111 meters (363 feet) tall.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Saturn V 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.