Humans have been launching things into space for nearly 60 years, and in that time we've gone through a LOT of rockets, some bigger than others. Nothing has quite beaten a Saturn V in size, though the Space Launch System (NASA's first deep space rocket meant for crewed missions in quite some time) will make a decent run at it.

Just how big are our space rockets? This handy chart should give you a pretty good idea. An update of the original 1995 "Rockets of the World" chart by Peter Alway, artist Tyler Skrabek's new chart includes rockets had to have flown at least three times. (It doesn't include yet-to-be-launched rockets like the Falcon 9 Heavy and the SLS.)

Skrabek gives us a good basis of comparison for the rockets, putting in an ice cream truck for scale. Britain's Black Arrow rocket is about four ice cream trucks. With the Falcon 9.1, counting starts to get hard. It's 224 feet tall, however many ice cream trucks that is.

Also, if this poster is any indication, Russia had some pretty awesome looking rockets back in the day, straight out of the Galactic Empire playbook. Take a look at the Sputnik, Vostok and Voskhod rockets.

Source: Universe Today

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