Atmosphere
About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
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Planet 03 · Terrestrial ocean world
The only known world with a living ocean.
Earth is the largest rocky planet and the only place known to host life. Liquid surface water, plate tectonics, a protective magnetic field, and a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere make it unlike every other world we have examined.
World profile
About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
A moving rocky crust with continents, ocean basins, ice, and active plate tectonics.
Global average about 59 °F (15 °C)
One — the Moon
Composition
Field notes
Earth is the only planet known to keep stable liquid water on its surface.
The moving liquid-metal outer core generates the magnetic field that helps shield the atmosphere.
The leading model for the Moon's origin starts with a giant impact into the young Earth.
Sourced image archive
Every image keeps its credit, capture date, description, and original source. Mission imagery links back into the same Andromeda mission catalog.
Earth portrait
A seamless true-color Western Hemisphere globe assembled from Terra MODIS observations of land, ocean, sea ice, and clouds.
Connected mission archive
Flybys, orbiters, landers, atmospheric probes, rovers, launch missions, gravity assists, and system satellites are linked here when they exist in the Andromeda catalog.
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Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3C rocket was set to launch the Shiyan 29 mission on Friday, September 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shiyan 29Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-298 (10-22) mission on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-298 (10-22)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-297 (17-8) mission on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-297 (17-8)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-296 (10-14) mission on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-296 (10-14)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-295 (17-7) mission on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-295 (17-7)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-294 (10-11) mission on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-294 (10-11)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-293 (10-56) mission on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-293 (10-56)Suborbital · Launch payload
Having completed multiple tests leading up to launch, Ship 36 and Booster 16 were expected to take flight at the end of June 2025. However, during final testing, Ship 36 experienced a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly at Massey's. After completion of Ship 37's cryogenic proof testing during May 2025, static fire testing on July 31, 2025 (single engine) and August 1, 2025 (multiple engines), as well as a spin prime test on August 13, 2025, all on the adapted OLM, Ship 37 and Booster 16 are expected to fly together in August 2025. On August 15, the FAA has announced the closure of Flight 9 Mishap Investigation and allowed Flight 10 to proceed. The first launch attempt on Sunday, August 24, 2025, was scrubbed around T-40 minutes due to a ground system issue. The second launch attempt on Monday, August 25, 2025, was put on hold at the T-40 seconds mark due to bad weather condition. Countdown then proceeded until the T-10 seconds mark and was reset. From the technical point of view everything was functioning perfectly. .
View in 3D map — Starship Flight 10Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the NAOS mission on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NAOSEarth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 8A rocket launched the SatNet LEO Group 10 mission on Monday, August 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatNet LEO Group 10
SpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Dragon CRS-33 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-33Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS2 SpX-33 (Dragon) mission on Sunday, August 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-33 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The second of two Electron launches for a confidential customer. This will be Electron's 70th overall launch.
View in 3D map — "Live, Laugh, Launch"Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-292 (17-6) mission on Friday, August 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-292 (17-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the USSF-36 (OTV-8) mission on Friday, August 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — USSF-36 (OTV-8)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Angara-1.2 rocket launched the Kosmos 2591-2594 (Classified Payload) mission on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Kosmos 2591-2594 (Classified Payload)Earth orbit · Research mission
Bion-M No. 2 is catalogued by GCAT as a space biology mission in the Bion program.
View in 3D map — Bion-M No. 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CAS Space Kinetica-1 rocket launched the Tianyan-26 mission on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ThumbSat-1 and 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CAS Space Kinetica-1 rocket launched the Tianyan-26 mission on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianyan-26Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-291 (17-5) mission on Monday, August 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-291 (17-5)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 6A rocket launched the SatNet LEO Group 09 mission on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatNet LEO Group 09Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 4C rocket was set to launch the Shiyan 28 B-02 mission on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shiyan 28 B-02Earth orbit · Launch payload
The third flight of the ZhuQue-2E failed to reach orbit. Further information has yet to be released.
View in 3D map — Unknown PayloadAssociations use destination records plus a curated cross-world manifest for flybys and gravity assists. Mission-name collisions such as Project Mercury and Saturn launch vehicles are deliberately kept with Earth unless they actually visited the planet. Technically obvious; historically necessary.
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