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 1177–1200
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Soyuz MS-24 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-24Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
Responsive space mission for the USSF's Space Systems Command, Firefly has 24 hours to launch upon notice. https://fireflyspace.com/missions/victus-nox/
View in 3D map — VICTUS NOXEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-105 (7-2) mission on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 6:57 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-105 (7-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the SILENTBARKER (NROL-107) mission on Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 12:47 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SILENTBARKER (NROL-107)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6A rocket launched the Yaogan 40 mission on Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 4:40 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan 40Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-104 (6-14) mission on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 3:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-104 (6-14)Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
Galactic 03 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Galactic 03MoonMoon · Launch payload
SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) is the first lunar surface mission for Japan.
View in 3D map — SLIMEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Yaogan 33-03 mission on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 6:18 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan 33-03Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the The Little Mermaid (Tianqi) mission on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 9:34 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — The Little Mermaid (Tianqi)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-103 (6-12) mission on Monday, September 4, 2023 at 2:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-103 (6-12)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-102 (6-13) mission on Friday, September 1, 2023 at 2:21 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-102 (6-13)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-39 01 mission on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 7:36 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-39 01Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-101 (6-11) mission on Sunday, August 27, 2023 at 1:05 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-101 (6-11)
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Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Dragon Endurance (Crew-7) is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 program.
View in 3D map — Dragon Endurance (Crew-7)Earth orbit · Launch payload
This is the first flight of NASA's contract extension for Crew Dragon. Andreas Mogensen, ESA, will be the first non-American pilot to fly on Crew Dragon.
View in 3D map — Crew-7Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the Jilin-1 Wideband-02A mission on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 4:59 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 Wideband-02AEarth orbit · Launch payload
The first of 4 missions for Capella Space launching the new generation Acadia Earth observation satellites.
View in 3D map — "We Love the Nightlife" (Acadia-1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A NADA Chollima-1 rocket launched the Malligyong-1 mission on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 6:40 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Malligyong-1
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-24 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-24Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Progress MS-24 (85P) mission on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 1:08 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Progress MS-24 (85P)Earth orbit · Launch payload
This is the 100th dedicated Starlink launch.
View in 3D map — Starlink-100 (7-1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Gaofen-12 04 mission on Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 5:45 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Gaofen-12 04Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-99 (6-10) mission on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 3:36 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-99 (6-10)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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