Rockets and Space Ships - Size Comparison
(by Florian Käferböck)
Saturn V (1967 - 1973)
USA
111m
The moon rocket.		 Saturn V
Soyuz-2 (1973 - )
CCCP
49m
Still in use for (manned) ISS flights.		 Soyuz
Space Shuttle (1981 - 2011)
USA
56m
6 shuttles were built. 2 of them were destroyed in accidents.		 Space Shuttle
Ariane 5 (1996 - )
Europe (ESA)
52m
Used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) or low Earth orbit (LEO).		 Ariane 5
Long March 2F (1999 - )
China
62m
Used for China’s Shenzhou manned space program (Tiangong space station).		 Long March 2F
Airbus A380 (2004 - )
Europe (Airbus)
73m
The world’s largest passenger aircraft (555 seats).		 Airbus A380