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 1489–1512
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-49 (4-21) mission on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 1:11 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-49 (4-21)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the GLONASS-K1 16L mission on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 9:18 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GLONASS-K1 16LEarth orbit · Observatory
CTIM-FD is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the UCO program.
View in 3D map — CTIM-FDEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the "Straight Up" mission on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 6:53 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STP-S28AEarth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the USSF-12 (WFOV) mission on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 11:15 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — USSF-12 (WFOV)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO PSLV rocket launched the DS-EO mission on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 12:32 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — DS-EOEarth orbit · Observatory
SCOOB-I is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the NTU program.
View in 3D map — SCOOB-IEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES-22 mission on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 9:04 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SES-22
Moon · Deep-space mission
Capstone is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Ames Lunar program.
View in 3D map — CapstoneEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Gaofen-12 03 mission on Monday, June 27, 2022 at 2:46 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Gaofen-12 03Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-35 02 mission on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 2:22 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-35 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the MEASAT-3D mission on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 9:50 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GSAT-24Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the MEASAT-3D mission on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 9:50 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — MEASAT-3DEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the Tianxing-1 mission on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 2:08 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianxing-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A KARI KSLV-2 rocket launched the KSLV-2 Flight 2 mission on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 7:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — KSLV-2 Flight 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Globalstar FM15 mission on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 4:27 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Globalstar FM15Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SARah 1 mission on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 2:19 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SARah 1SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-48 (4-19) mission on Friday, June 17, 2022 at 4:08 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-48 (4-19)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Astra Space Rocket 3 rocket launched the TROPICS Flight 1 mission on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 5:43 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TROPICS Flight 1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Nilesat 301 mission on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 9:04 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Nilesat 301
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Shenzhou 14 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
View in 3D map — Shenzhou 14
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the NS-21 mission on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 1:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-21Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-21Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-20 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-20Associations 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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