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How Tall Is the Space Shuttle?

The Space Shuttle is about 184 ft (56.1 m) tall. That is about 33 times the height of the average man. NASA's reusable spacecraft, flown from 1981 to 2011.

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How tall is the Space Shuttle compared to the average man?

The Space Shuttle is about 33 times the height of the average man. The Space Shuttle is 32.8× the size of the average man: about 33 average men stacked up would match it.

Space Shuttle height facts

On the launch pad, the Space Shuttle stack was 56.1 meters (184 ft) tall.

How does the Space Shuttle compare to other things?

The Space Shuttle next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Space Shuttle
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	24.8 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	227,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	158× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	5.9× bigger
Starship	397 ft (121 m)	213 ft (64.9 m) bigger
Hyperion (tallest tree)	381 ft (116 m)	197 ft (59.9 m) bigger
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	179 ft (54.5 m) bigger
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	174 ft (52.9 m) bigger
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	131 ft (39.9 m) bigger
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	121 ft (36.9 m) bigger
General Sherman tree	276 ft (84 m)	92 ft (27.9 m) bigger
Taj Mahal	240 ft (73 m)	55 ft (16.9 m) bigger
Airbus A380	239 ft (72.7 m) long	54 ft (16.6 m) bigger
Boeing 747	232 ft (70.7 m) long	48 ft (14.6 m) bigger
Falcon 9	230 ft (70 m)	46 ft (13.9 m) bigger
Sydney Opera House	213 ft (65 m)	29 ft (8.9 m) bigger
Leaning Tower of Pisa	184 ft (56 m)	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Niagara Falls	167 ft (51 m)	17 ft (5.1 m) smaller
Colosseum	157 ft (48 m)	27 ft (8.1 m) smaller
Christ the Redeemer	125 ft (38 m)	59 ft (18.1 m) smaller
Argentinosaurus	115 ft (35 m) long	69 ft (21.1 m) smaller
Diplodocus	85 ft (26 m) long	99 ft (30.1 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	4.6× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	32.8× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	35.3× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

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