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How tall was the Saturn V rocket?
Saturn V stood 111 metres tall with its Apollo spacecraft configuration. This Moon-mission rocket gives the skyline a very different kind of tower.
111 m
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- Full launch vehicle height
- Subject or version
- NASA · Apollo program
- In feet, rounded
- 364.2 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
The Moon-bound Saturn V used three stages. As stages used their fuel, they separated, so the rocket did not carry all of its empty hardware along for the whole journey. The comparison shows the complete vehicle before those separations.
It is about 18 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty including her pedestal: 111 − 92.99 = 18.01. Put them side by side and the size of a launch vehicle becomes much easier to picture.
Quick facts
The rocket that carried Apollo astronauts toward the Moon stood 111 metres tall, about 18 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty and its pedestal.
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