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.
Open mission browser →8816 linked missions · showing 1009–1032
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the NROL-70 mission on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 4:53 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-70Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
SpaceX's new Bandwagon dedicated rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits to compliment the Transporter series.
View in 3D map — 425 Project F2Earth orbit · Launch payload
SpaceX's new Bandwagon dedicated rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits to compliment the Transporter series.
View in 3D map — Acadia-4Earth orbit · Launch payload
SpaceX's new Bandwagon dedicated rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits to compliment the Transporter series.
View in 3D map — Bandwagon-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
Part of the QPS-SAR constellation, delivering synthetic aperture radar imagery of Earth.
View in 3D map — QPS-SAR 7 (Tsukuyomi-II)Earth orbit · Launch payload
6 of the 23 satellites will include direct-to-device service.
View in 3D map — Starlink-153 (8-1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-152 (6-47) mission on Friday, April 5, 2024 at 9:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-152 (6-47)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-151 (7-18) mission on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 2:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-151 (7-18)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Resurs-P no.4 mission on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 9:36 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Resurs-P no.4Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-150 (6-45) mission on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 1:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-150 (6-45)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Eutelsat 36D mission on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 9:52 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Eutelsat 36DEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6A rocket launched the Yunhai 3-02 mission on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 10:51 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yunhai 3-02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-149 (6-46) mission on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 11:42 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-149 (6-46)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Booster B1060 is launching on its record tying 19th flight.
View in 3D map — Starlink-148 (6-42)
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Soyuz MS-25 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-25
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Earth orbit · Observatory
Dragon CRS-30 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-30Earth orbit · Launch payload
Cargo Dragon C209.4 (4th flight) assigned, first Dragon cargo launch from SLC-40.
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-30 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Live and Let Fly" mission on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 7:25 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-123Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yunhai-2 Group 02 mission on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 5:27 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yunhai-2 Group 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-147 (7-16) mission on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 2:28 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-147 (7-16)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Booster B1062 will tie the current flight record of 19 launches for a booster.
View in 3D map — Starlink-146 (6-44)SpaceXarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
Launch will consist of Booster 10 and Ship 28. Goals for this flight include orbital speed and altitude insertion (but will not complete an orbit), in-orbit fuel transfer test, payload door test, and soft landings on water for both ship and booster.
View in 3D map — Starship Flight Test 3MoonMoon · Launch payload
3 satellites on board, testing communication and navigation in lunar orbit.
View in 3D map — DRO-A/BAssociations 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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