Atmosphere
About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
Acquiring mission data
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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.
Open mission browser →8816 linked missions · showing 961–984
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the "Love On Top" mission on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 5:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — "Love On Top"Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Human-spaceflight support
Starliner Calypso 1 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Starliner program.
View in 3D map — Starliner Calypso 1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the CST-100 Starliner (Boe-CFT) mission on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 2:52 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CST-100 Starliner (Boe-CFT)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Also known as PREFIRE 2, the second of 2 NASA polar energy monitoring satellites.
View in 3D map — "PREFIRE and Ice"Earth orbit · Launch payload
First launch of Group 8 satellites from Florida. TBD number of direct-to-device service satellites will be included.
View in 3D map — Starlink-171 (8-5)
Moon · Sample return
Lunar sample return.
View in 3D map — Chang'e-6 Shangsheng QiEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-170 (6-64) mission on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 2:37 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-170 (6-64)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the Jiguang 01 & 02 mission on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 11:35 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jiguang 01 & 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the Jiguang 01 & 02 mission on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 11:35 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yunyao-1-14/25/26Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Paksat MM1R mission on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 12:12 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Paksat MM1REarth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-27 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-27Earth orbit · Launch payload
4 IoT (Internet of Things) communication satellites.
View in 3D map — Beautiful WorldEarth orbit · Launch payload
Joint satellite by ESA and JAXA, the 6th for ESA's Living Planet Programme.
View in 3D map — EarthCAREEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-169 (6-60) mission on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 2:24 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-169 (6-60)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Launch of North Korean spy satellite on "new type satellite carrier rocket"
View in 3D map — Manligyeong-1-4Earth orbit · Launch payload
Also known as PREFIRE 1, the first of 2 NASA polar energy monitoring satellites.
View in 3D map — "Ready, Aim, PREFIRE"Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-168 (6-63) mission on Friday, May 24, 2024 at 2:45 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-168 (6-63)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-167 (6-62) mission on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-167 (6-62)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The first of up to 6 launches of SpaceX/Northrop built satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
View in 3D map — NROL-146Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Kuaizhou 11 rocket launched the Wuhan-1 mission on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 4:15 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Wuhan-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Beijing 3C mission on Monday, May 20, 2024 at 3:06 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Beijing 3C
Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-25 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-25Earth orbit · Launch payload
Launch will set a new booster reuse record, 21st flight for B1062
View in 3D map — Starlink-166 (6-59)Associations 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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