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 1441–1464
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "The Owl Spreads Its Wings" mission on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 8:38 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — StriX-1Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 7A rocket launched the ChinaSat-1E mission on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 1:18 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ChinaSat-1E
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-23 (Suborbital) mission on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 2:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-23 (Suborbital)Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Human-spaceflight support
New Shepard NS-23 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-23Earth orbit · Launch payload
Together with a new batch of Star-Link satellites, the BlueWalker-3 satellite for AST SpaceMobile will also ride along on this rocket.
View in 3D map — BlueWalker-3
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-60 (4-2) mission on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 1:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-60 (4-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the Eutelsat Konnect VHTS mission on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 9:45 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Eutelsat Konnect VHTSEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-35 05 mission on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 4:19 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-35 05Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the CentiSpace-1 S3 & S4 mission on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 2:24 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CentiSpace-1 S3 & S4SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-59 (4-20) mission on Monday, September 5, 2022 at 2:09 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-59 (4-20)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-59 (4-20) mission on Monday, September 5, 2022 at 2:09 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Varuna-TDMEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Yaogan-33 02 mission on Friday, September 2, 2022 at 11:44 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-33 02SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-58 (3-4) mission on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 5:40 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-58 (3-4)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-57 (4-23) mission on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 3:41 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-57 (4-23)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Beijing-3B mission on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 3:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Beijing-3BEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the Chuangxin-16 mission on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 2:36 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Chuangxin-16SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-56 (4-27) mission on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 7:21 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-56 (4-27)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-35 04 mission on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 5:37 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-35 04SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-55 (3-3) mission on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 9:40 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-55 (3-3)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6 rocket launched the Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-09 mission on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 4:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-09SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-54 (4-26) mission on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 2:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-54 (4-26)Earth orbit · Research mission
SXC-217 Siren is catalogued by GCAT as a space biology mission in the Belgorod program.
View in 3D map — SXC-217 SirenEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Khayyam mission on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 5:52 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — KhayyamEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket launched the Taijing-1 01 & 02 mission on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 4:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Taijing-1 01 & 02Associations 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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