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 1705–1728
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket launched the Odyssey (TacRL-2) mission on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 8:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Odyssey (TacRL-2)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Beijing-3 mission on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 3:03 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Beijing-3Earth orbit · Observatory
Yangwang 1 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Origin program.
View in 3D map — Yangwang 1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SXM-8 mission on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 4:26 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SXM-8
SpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Dragon CRS-22 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-22Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS2 SpX-22 (Dragon) mission on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 5:29 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-22 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Fengyun-4B mission on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 4:25 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Fengyun-4B
Earth orbit · Human-spaceflight support
Tianzhou-2 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tianzhou program.
View in 3D map — Tianzhou-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the OneWeb-7 mission on Friday, May 28, 2021 at 5:38 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — OneWeb-7SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-29 (V1.0 L28) mission on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 6:59 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-29 (V1.0 L28)Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
Unity 21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Unity 21Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4B rocket launched the Haiyang-2D mission on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 4:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Haiyang-2DEarth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the SBIRS GEO-5 mission on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 5:37 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SBIRS GEO-5Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A NASA Black Brant XII rocket was set to launch the KiNET-X (Suborbital) mission on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 12:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — KiNET-X (Suborbital)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Launched were 54 Starlink V1.0 satellites.
View in 3D map — Capella SARSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
Launched were 54 Starlink V1.0 satellites.
View in 3D map — Starlink-28 (V1.0 L26)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Running Out of Toes" mission on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — 2x BlackSky GlobalSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-27 (V1.0 L27) mission on Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 6:42 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-27 (V1.0 L27)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Yaogan-30 08 mission on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 6:07 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-30 08SpaceXarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
Since this is a vehicle test program, the launch date and time are very fluid. Any time listed is a best estimate based on known information.
View in 3D map — SN15 High-Altitude Flight TestSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-26 (V1.0 L25) mission on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7:01 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-26 (V1.0 L25)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Yaogan-34 mission on Friday, April 30, 2021 at 8:27 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-34SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-25 (V1.0 L24) mission on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-25 (V1.0 L24)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the Pléiades-Neo 3 mission on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 1:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — BravoAssociations 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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