Saturday, December 11, 2010

Spacecraft Comparison.

2 comments:

Dave said...

Nice chart. Here's what I've been able to dig up about the gray vehicles.

Name :
Builder :
First launch :
Launch vehicle :
Length overall :
Liftoff weight :
Payload to LEO :

Soyuz (TMA)
RKK Energiya
1967
Soyuz-FG
24.5 ft (7.48 m)
15,917 lb (7,220 kg)
5,291 lb (2,400 kg)

Apollo CSM
North American
1967
Saturn 1B, V
36.2 ft (11.03 m)
66,863 lb (30,329 kg)
?

Apollo LEM
Grumman
1969
Saturn V
20.89 ft (6.37 m)
32,399 lb (14,696 kg)
?

Space Shuttle Orbiter
Rockwell
1981
Self + 2SRBs + ET
122.17 ft (37.24 m)
240,000 lb (109,000 kg)
55,250 lb (25,060 kg)

Sources:
- Apollo by the Numbers
- Soyuz: a universal spacecraft by Rex Hall, David Shayler
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Wikipedia (Yeah, I know ...)

Tom said...

Thanks. I added the other photo you sent also. :-)