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 1537–1560
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-85 mission on Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 1:13 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-85Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Daqi-1 mission on Friday, April 15, 2022 at 6:16 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Daqi-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the ChinaSat-6D mission on Friday, April 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ChinaSat-6D
SpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Axiom Ax-1 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 program.
View in 3D map — Axiom Ax-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Ax-1 mission on Friday, April 8, 2022 at 3:17 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Ax-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Kosmos-2554 mission on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 11:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Kosmos-2554Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Gaofen-3 (03) mission on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 11:47 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Gaofen-3 (03)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Without Mission a Beat" mission on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 12:41 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — BlackSky (2x)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-4 mission on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 4:24 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Transporter-4
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the NS-20 mission on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 1:57 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-20Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-20 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-20Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 11 rocket launched the Tianping-2 A to C mission on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 2:29 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianping-2 A to CEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6A rocket launched the Pujiang-2 mission on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Pujiang-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6A rocket launched the Pujiang-2 mission on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tiankun-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Meridian-M 20L mission on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 12:48 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Meridian-M 20LSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-41 (4-12) mission on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 4:42 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-41 (4-12)Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Soyuz MS-21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-21Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Yaogan-34 02 mission on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 7:09 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-34 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Astra Space Rocket 3 rocket launched the Spaceflight Astra-1 mission on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 4:22 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — S4 CrossoverSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-40 (4-10) mission on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 1:45 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-40 (4-10)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Iran Qased rocket launched the Nour-2 mission on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 7:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Nour-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Yinhe-2 (6x) mission on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 6:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — XINGYUAN-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Yinhe-2 (6x) mission on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 6:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yinhe-2 (6x)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-39 (4-9) mission on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 2:25 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-39 (4-9)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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