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 1465–1488
Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO SSLV rocket launched the EOS-02 mission on Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 3:48 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — EOS-02Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO SSLV rocket launched the EOS-02 mission on Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 3:48 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SSLV Demo 1MoonMoon · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Danuri (Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter) mission on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 11:08 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Danuri (Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2F rocket launched the Experimental Spaceplane (CSSHQ) mission on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 4:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Experimental Spaceplane (CSSHQ)
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-22 (Suborbital) mission on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 1:57 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-22 (Suborbital)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the SBIRS GEO-6 mission on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:29 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SBIRS GEO-6Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Antipodean Adventure" mission on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 5:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-199 (RASR-4)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4B rocket launched the Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS) mission on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 3:08 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS)Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-22 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-22Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Kosmos-2558 mission on Monday, August 1, 2022 at 8:25 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Kosmos-2558Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-35 03 mission on Friday, July 29, 2022 at 1:28 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-35 03Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CAS Space Zhongke-1A rocket launched the Zhongke-1A Demo Flight mission on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 4:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Zhongke-1A Demo Flight
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-53 (4-25) mission on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 1:38 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-53 (4-25)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 5B rocket launched the Wentian mission on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 6:22 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — WentianSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-52 (3-2) mission on Friday, July 22, 2022 at 5:39 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-52 (3-2)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-51 (4-22) mission on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 2:20 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-51 (4-22)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the SuperView Neo 2-01 & 02 mission on Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:57 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SuperView Neo 2-01 & 02SpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
CRS-25 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — CRS-25Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS2 SpX-25 (Dragon) mission on Friday, July 15, 2022 at 12:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-25 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega C rocket launched the LARES 2 mission on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 1:13 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CELESTAEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega C rocket launched the LARES 2 mission on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 1:13 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — LARES 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Wise One Looks Ahead" mission on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-162 (RASR-3)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Tianlian-2 03 mission on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 4:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianlian-2 03SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-50 (3-1) mission on Monday, July 11, 2022 at 1:39 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-50 (3-1)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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