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.
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Every image keeps its credit, capture date, description, and original source. Mission imagery links back into the same Andromeda mission catalog.
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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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Suborbital · Launch payload
This is the 7th flight of the SpaceX Starship launch system as a whole. Compared to previous flights, this time SpaceX will use the improved Starship Block 2 design instead of Block 1, which was used in previous flights. The Block 2 design features forward flaps that are reduced in size, moved to the tip, and positioned away from the heat tiles. Compared to Block 1, this makes the forward flap hinges less vulnerable to intense heat and increases the control ability of the ship during reentry. Besides the forward flaps, the Block 2 ship also includes changes such as improved fuel lines, enhanced avionics, and more. There are many planned testing objectives for this flight, including but not limited to a single Raptor relight in space, a booster catch, and the deployment of 10 Starlink mass simulators. (These are not real Starlink satellites; they are just mass simulators that mimic the weight and shape of the real satellites.)
View in 3D map — Starship Flight 7Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
The first flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket marks a pivotal moment in the company's development of heavy-lift space vehicles. The two-stage rocket, designed for reusability, will carry the Blue Ring spacecraft platform, capable of deploying and hosting multiple payloads. This mission also plays a key role in certifying New Glenn for National Security Space Launch missions, demonstrating its ability to handle sensitive and high-value payloads. New Glenn’s powerful first stage, driven by seven BE-4 engines, will attempt to land on the ocean-based recovery platform "Jacklyn," showcasing Blue Origin’s efforts to develop a reusable and cost-effective rocket system. This mission is expected to significantly advance the company's long-term goals of supporting a wide range of commercial and governmental space missions.
View in 3D map — Blue Ring DemoEarth orbit · Launch payload
The first flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket marks a pivotal moment in the company's development of heavy-lift space vehicles. The two-stage rocket, designed for reusability, will carry the Blue Ring spacecraft platform, capable of deploying and hosting multiple payloads. This mission also plays a key role in certifying New Glenn for National Security Space Launch missions, demonstrating its ability to handle sensitive and high-value payloads. New Glenn’s powerful first stage, driven by seven BE-4 engines, will attempt to land on the ocean-based recovery platform "Jacklyn," showcasing Blue Origin’s efforts to develop a reusable and cost-effective rocket system. This mission is expected to significantly advance the company's long-term goals of supporting a wide range of commercial and governmental space missions.
View in 3D map — New Glenn Flight 1MoonMoon · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Blue Ghost Mission 1 mission on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Blue Ghost Mission 1MoonMoon · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Blue Ghost Mission 1 mission on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — HAKUTO-R M2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-12 mission on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Transporter-12Earth orbit · Launch payload
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
View in 3D map — Starlink-223 (12-4)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Jielong-3 rocket launched the CentiSpace-01 mission on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CentiSpace-01Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-222 (12-12) mission on Friday, January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-222 (12-12)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-153 mission on Friday, January 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-153Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-221 (12-11) mission on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-221 (12-11)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-220 (6-71) mission on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-220 (6-71)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket launched the Shijian 25 mission on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shijian 25Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Thuraya 4-NGS mission on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Thuraya 4-NGSEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-219 (12-6) mission on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 5:39 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-219 (12-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) consists of two 200kg satellites, which will attempt to dock with each other. This test is part of ISRO's planned Indian Space Station and its Chandrayaan-4 mission. The secondary payload, POEM-4 (PSLV Orbital Experiment Module-4) includes various secondary experiments, including from satellite builder TakeMe2Space and commercial SAR service provider PierSight.
View in 3D map — SPADEX (with POEM-4)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Mission will launch 4 MicroGEO satellites for Astranis.
View in 3D map — Astranis Block 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-218 (11-3) mission on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 1:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-218 (11-3)Earth orbit · Observatory
Dear-3 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the DEAR SM program.
View in 3D map — Dear-3Earth orbit · Launch payload
Commercial Earth observation satellite capable of acquiring high-resolution images
View in 3D map — Resurs-P No. 5Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-217 (12-2) mission on Monday, December 23, 2024 at 5:35 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-217 (12-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
'Owl the Way Up' is the sixth of sixteen dedicated Electron missions for Japanese Earth Observation company Synspective.
View in 3D map — StriX-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Bandwagon 2 mission on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:34 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Bandwagon 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket was set to launch the TJSW-12 mission on Friday, December 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJSW-12Associations 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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