Speed Comparison: Rockets Past and Present Day

Acceleration and time were taken from a combination of observations from Flight Club, Video replays and company data sheets Rockets left to right ULA Atlas V 551, NASA Artemis Space Launch System (SLS), Arianespace Ariane 5, Rocket Lab Electron, NASA Apollo Saturn V, ULA Delta 4 Heavy, NASA Space Shuttle, Blue Origin New Shepard, Spacex Falcon 9 Machinations by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: Artist: