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 1657–1680
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Firefly Alpha rocket launched the DREAM mission on Friday, September 3, 2021 at 1:59 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — DREAM
SpaceXarchive
Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Dragon CRS-23 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-23Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS2 SpX-23 (Dragon) mission on Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 7:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-23 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Astra Space Rocket 3 rocket launched the STP-27AD1 mission on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 10:35 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STP-27AD1
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the NS-17 mission on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 2:31 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-17Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Human-spaceflight support
New Shepard NS-17 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-17Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the TJS-7 mission on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 3:45 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJS-7Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the 2x Communications Test Satellites (RSW-01 & RSW-02) mission on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 11:15 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — 2x Communications Test Satellites (RSW-01 & RSW-02)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the OneWeb-9 mission on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:13 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — OneWeb-9Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4B rocket launched the Tianhui-2 mission on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 10:32 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianhui-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the Pléiades-Neo 4 mission on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 1:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — BRO-4Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the Pléiades-Neo 4 mission on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 1:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — LEDSATEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the Pléiades-Neo 4 mission on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 1:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Pléiades-Neo 4Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the Pléiades-Neo 4 mission on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 1:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — RADCUBEEarth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO GSLV-II rocket launched the GISAT-1 (EOS-03) mission on Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 12:13 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GISAT-1 (EOS-03)
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Cygnus NG-16 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Cygnus program.
View in 3D map — Cygnus NG-16Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched the CRS2 NG-16 (Cygnus, S.S. Ellison Onizuka) mission on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 10:01 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 NG-16 (Cygnus, S.S. Ellison Onizuka)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Zhongxing-2E mission on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 4:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Zhongxing-2EEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6 rocket launched the 2x Beita mission on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 11:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — 2x BeitaEarth orbit · Launch payload
An i-Space Hyperbola-1 rocket launched the Jilin-1 Mofang-01A mission on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 7:39 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 Mofang-01AEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the Star One D2 mission on Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Eutelsat QuantumEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the Star One D2 mission on Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Star One D2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "It’s a Little Chile Up Here" mission on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 6:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STP-27RM (Monolith)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Tianhui-1 (04) mission on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 3:45 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianhui-1 (04)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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