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Rockets to scale

Illustration: NASA
Illustration: NASA

An old NASA illustration shows the size comparison of the Statue of Liberty to the Saturn I (left) and Saturn V (right). The space agency developed three Saturn-type rockets in the 1960s, of which the Saturn I and Saturn IB launched payloads and astronauts to Earth orbit, and the Saturn V launched crewed spacecraft to the Moon. At 363-feet tall (111 meters), Saturn V was roughly the height of a 36-story building and 60 feet (18 meters) taller than the Statue of Liberty.