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How Tall Is a Falcon 9 Rocket?

A Falcon 9 rocket is about 230 ft (70 m) tall. That is about 41 times the height of the average man. SpaceX's workhorse reusable rocket.

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How tall is a Falcon 9 rocket compared to the average man?

A Falcon 9 rocket is about 41 times the height of the average man. A Falcon 9 rocket is 40.9× the size of the average man: about 41 average men stacked up would match it.

Falcon 9 height facts

Falcon 9 is about 70 meters (230 ft) tall.

How does a Falcon 9 rocket compare to other things?

A Falcon 9 rocket next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Falcon 9
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	19.9 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	182,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	126× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	4.7× bigger
Great Pyramid of Giza	454 ft (139 m)	225 ft (68.5 m) bigger
London Eye	443 ft (135 m)	213 ft (65 m) bigger
Starship	397 ft (121 m)	167 ft (51 m) bigger
Hyperion (tallest tree)	381 ft (116 m)	151 ft (46 m) bigger
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	133 ft (40.6 m) bigger
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	128 ft (39 m) bigger
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	85 ft (26 m) bigger
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	75 ft (23 m) bigger
General Sherman tree	276 ft (84 m)	46 ft (14 m) bigger
Taj Mahal	240 ft (73 m)	9 ft 10 in (3 m) bigger
Airbus A380	239 ft (72.7 m) long	8 ft 10 in (270 cm) bigger
Boeing 747	232 ft (70.7 m) long	2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) bigger
Sydney Opera House	213 ft (65 m)	16 ft (5 m) smaller
Space Shuttle	184 ft (56.1 m)	46 ft (13.9 m) smaller
Leaning Tower of Pisa	184 ft (56 m)	46 ft (14 m) smaller
Niagara Falls	167 ft (51 m)	62 ft (19 m) smaller
Colosseum	157 ft (48 m)	72 ft (22 m) smaller
Christ the Redeemer	125 ft (38 m)	105 ft (32 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	5.7× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	40.9× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	44× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.