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 1201–1224
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the HeDe-3 (A-E) mission on Monday, August 14, 2023 at 5:32 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — HeDe-3 (A-E)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Ludi Tance 4-01 (L-SAR4 01) mission on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 5:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Ludi Tance 4-01 (L-SAR4 01)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-98 (6-9) mission on Friday, August 11, 2023 at 5:17 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-98 (6-9)
Moon · Planetary science
Russia's Luna-25 lunar polar lander mission, lost after an unsuccessful orbital maneuver in August 2023.
View in 3D map — Luna 25
Moon · Deep-space mission
Luna-Glob is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Luna New program.
View in 3D map — Luna-GlobEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the Lucky 7 mission on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 4:02 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Lucky 7Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
Galactic 02 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Galactic 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
Emergency management and environmental monitoring mission.
View in 3D map — S-SAR02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-97 (6-20) mission on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 3:57 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-97 (6-20)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Glonass-K2 no.13L mission on Monday, August 7, 2023 at 1:19 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Glonass-K2 no.13LEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-96 (6-8) mission on Monday, August 7, 2023 at 2:41 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-96 (6-8)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intelsat Galaxy-37 mission on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 4:15 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Intelsat Galaxy-37Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Fengyun-3F mission on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 3:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Fengyun-3FEarth orbit · Cargo mission
Cygnus NG-19 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Cygnus program.
View in 3D map — Cygnus NG-19Earth orbit · Launch payload
Final flight of the Antares 230+ series rocket. The new Antares 330 is currently being developed in collaboration with Firefly Aerospace with a debut flight currently targeted for Summer 2025.
View in 3D map — CRS2 NG-19 (Cygnus, S.S. Laurel Clark)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO PSLV rocket launched the DS-SAR mission on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 1:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — DS-SAREarth orbit · Launch payload
Maxar Technologies built this Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS) for Hughes Network Systems. This will be the heaviest geostationary satellite ever launched at 9.2 metric tons.
View in 3D map — EchoStar-24 (Jupiter 3)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-95 (6-7) mission on Friday, July 28, 2023 at 4:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-95 (6-7)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-36 05 mission on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 8:02 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-36 05Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-94 (6-6) mission on Monday, July 24, 2023 at 12:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-94 (6-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Skysight AS-01, AS-02, AS-03 mission on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 3:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Lingxi-03Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Skysight AS-01, AS-02, AS-03 mission on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 3:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Skysight AS-01, AS-02, AS-03Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the Lemon Tree mission on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 5:07 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Lemon TreeEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-93 (6-15) mission on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 4:09 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-93 (6-15)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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