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 →8817 linked missions · showing 1321–1344
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-74 (6-1) mission on Monday, February 27, 2023 at 11:13 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-74 (6-1)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Horus-1 mission on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 4:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Horus-1
Earth orbit · Human-spaceflight support
Soyuz MS-23 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-23Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the ChinaSat-26 mission on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ChinaSat-26Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Inmarsat-6 F2 mission on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 3:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Inmarsat-6 F2SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-73 (2-5) mission on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 7:12 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-73 (2-5)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-72 (5-4) mission on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 5:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-72 (5-4)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO SSLV rocket launched the EOS-7 (SSLV Demo 2) mission on Friday, February 10, 2023 at 3:48 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — EOS-7 (SSLV Demo 2)Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-22 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-22Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Amazonas Nexus mission on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 1:32 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Amazonas NexusEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Roscosmos Proton-M rocket launched the Elektro-L No. 4 mission on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 9:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Elektro-L No. 4SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-71 (5-3) mission on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-71 (5-3)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-70 (2-6) mission on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 4:15 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ION SCV009 Eclectic ElenaSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-70 (2-6) mission on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 4:15 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-70 (2-6)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-69 (5-2) mission on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 9:32 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-69 (5-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A JAXA H-IIA rocket launched the IGS Radar-7 mission on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 1:49 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — IGS Radar-7Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Virginia Is For Launch Lovers" mission on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 11:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — HawkEye 360 Flight 1/3 (Cluster 6)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-68 (2-4) mission on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 3:43 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-68 (2-4)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III SV-06 mission on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 12:24 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GPS III SV-06Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the USSF-67 mission on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 10:56 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — USSF-67Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 mission on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 3:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Beiyou-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 mission on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 3:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 mission on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 3:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jinzijing-3/4/6Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 mission on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 3:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Qilu 2/3Associations 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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