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 1681–1704
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Proton-M rocket will launch the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the International Space Station.
View in 3D map — Nauka ISS Module
Blue OriginarchivePrimary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the First Human Flight (NS-16, Suborbital) mission on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 1:12 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — First Human Flight (NS-16, Suborbital)Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-16 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-16Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Yaogan-30 10 mission on Monday, July 19, 2021 at 12:15 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-30 10Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket was set to launch the Unity 22 (Suborbital) mission on Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 3:25 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Unity 22 (Suborbital)Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
Unity 22 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Unity 22Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6 rocket launched the Ningxia-1-02 mission on Friday, July 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Ningxia-1-02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3C rocket launched the Tianlian 1-05 mission on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 3:55 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianlian 1-05Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Fengyun-3E mission on Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 11:28 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Fengyun-3EEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01B mission on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 2:51 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 Gaofen 03DEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01B mission on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 2:51 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01BEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01B mission on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 2:51 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Xingshidai-10Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the OneWeb-8 mission on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 12:48 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — OneWeb-8
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
SpaceX will launch 85 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 3 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — 3x StarlinkSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
SpaceX will launch 85 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 3 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — Smallsat RideshareEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the "Tubular Bells, Part One" mission on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:47 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — BRIK IIEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the "Tubular Bells, Part One" mission on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:47 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STORK-4 / STORK-5Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the "Tubular Bells, Part One" mission on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:47 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — STP-S27VPA
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-17 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-17Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Pion-NKS 901 mission on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 7:50 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Pion-NKS 901Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Yaogan-30 09 mission on Friday, June 18, 2021 at 6:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-30 09Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III SV-05 mission on Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 4:09 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GPS III SV-05
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Shenzhou 12 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
View in 3D map — Shenzhou 12Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 rocket launched the NROL-111 mission on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:35 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-111Associations 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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