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 1561–1584
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the GOES-T mission on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 9:38 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GOES-TPrimary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "The Owl's Night Continues" mission on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 8:37 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — StriX-βEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 8 rocket launched the Hainan-1 mission on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 3:06 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Hainan-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the L-SAR 01B mission on Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:33 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — L-SAR 01B
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-38 (4-11) mission on Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:12 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-38 (4-11)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-37 (4-8) mission on Monday, February 21, 2022 at 2:44 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-37 (4-8)Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Cygnus NG-17 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Cygnus program.
View in 3D map — Cygnus NG-17Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched the CRS2 NG-17 (Cygnus, S.S. Piers Sellers) mission on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 5:40 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 NG-17 (Cygnus, S.S. Piers Sellers)Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-19 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-19Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO PSLV rocket launched the RISAT-1A (EOS-04) mission on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 12:29 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — RISAT-1A (EOS-04)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Astra Space Rocket 3 rocket launched the VCLS Demo-2 mission on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 8:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ELaNa 41Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the OneWeb-13 mission on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 6:09 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — OneWeb-13Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Kosmos-2553 mission on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 7:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Kosmos-2553SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-36 (4-7) mission on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 6:13 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-36 (4-7)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-87 mission on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 8:27 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-87Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CSG-2 mission on Monday, January 31, 2022 at 11:11 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CSG-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the L-SAR 01A mission on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 11:44 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — L-SAR 01AEarth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the USSF-8 mission on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 7:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GSSAP 5, GSSAP 6SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-35 (4-6) mission on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 2:02 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-35 (4-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Shiyan-13 mission on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:35 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shiyan-13Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the "Above the Clouds" mission on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 10:52 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STP-VP27BEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the "Above the Clouds" mission on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 10:52 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatRevolution (STORK-3 and SteamSat-2)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-3 mission on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 3:25 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Transporter-3Earth orbit · Observatory
VZLUSAT-2 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the VZLU program.
View in 3D map — VZLUSAT-2Associations 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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