The Space Station Is as Long as a Football Field

The International Space Station is the largest thing people have built in orbit, and NASA offers familiar comparisons for its size. The station is 356 feet, or 109 meters, end-to-end, which NASA says is one yard shy of the full length of an American football field including the end zones. Its mass is 925,335 pounds, or 419,725 kilograms. Inside, the living and working space is larger than a six-bedroom house, and it has six sleeping quarters, two bathrooms, a gym and a 360-degree view bay window. An acre of solar panels powers the station. NASA notes that those panels are the reason you can sometimes look up at dawn or dusk and see the station flying over your home, even if you live in a big city.