Weigh It Up · Space
How heavy is Space Station?
420 tweight
NASA puts the International Space Station at 419,725 kg without visiting vehicles.
Enter your height to compare yourself with Space Station.
- 35× the city bus (12 t)
- 70× the african elephant (6 t)
- 323× the family car (1.3 t)
How to picture 420 t
Start from something you can see right now. Space Station is about 35× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.
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