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 1585–1608
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-34 (4-5) mission on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 9:49 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-34 (4-5)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Iran Simorgh rocket launched the Unknown Payloads mission on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 3:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Unknown PayloadsEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the TJSW-9 mission on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 4:43 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJSW-9Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Tianhui-4 mission on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 11:13 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianhui-4Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Angara A5 rocket launched the Test Flight mission on Monday, December 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Test FlightEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the OneWeb-12 mission on Monday, December 27, 2021 at 1:10 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — OneWeb-12Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Ziyuan-1 02E mission on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 3:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Ziyuan-1 02EEarth orbit · Launch payload
The James Webb Space Telescope will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
View in 3D map — James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 7A rocket launched the Shiyan-12-01 & 02 mission on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shiyan-12-01 & 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket launched the Inmarsat-6 F1 mission on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:32 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Inmarsat-6 F1SpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Dragon CRS-24 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-24Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS2 SpX-24 (Dragon) mission on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 10:07 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-24 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Turksat-5B mission on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 3:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Turksat-5BSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-33 (4-4) mission on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 12:41 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-33 (4-4)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ExPace (China) Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the GeeSAT mission on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 2:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GeeSATEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Tianlian-2-02 mission on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 4:09 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianlian-2-02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Roscosmos Proton-M rocket launched the Express AMU3 & Express AMU7 mission on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 12:07 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Express AMU3 & Express AMU7
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-19 mission on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-19Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-19 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-19Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4B rocket launched the Shijian-6 mission on Friday, December 10, 2021 at 12:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shijian-6Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "A Data With Destiny" mission on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 12:02 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — BlackSky (2)
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Soyuz MS-20 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-20Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Soyuz MS-20 / SpaceAdventures mission on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7:38 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-20 / SpaceAdventuresEarth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the STP-3 (STPSat-6) mission on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 10:19 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STP-3 (STPSat-6)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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