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 1801–1824
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Angara A5 rocket launched the IPM-2 mission on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 5:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — IPM-2Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SXM-7 mission on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 5:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SXM-7
Suborbital flight · Human-spaceflight support
Spaceship Two is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Spaceship TwoEarth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the NROL-44 mission on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 1:09 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-44
SpaceXarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
PLEASE NOTE: As this flight is a part of a launch vehicle development program, dates and times are very fluid. Listed time represents a best estimate based on known information.
View in 3D map — Starship Suborbital Test Flight (12.5 km)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 11 rocket launched the GECAM A & B mission on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 8:14 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GECAM A & BSpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Dragon CRS-21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-21Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS2 SpX-21 (Dragon) mission on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 4:17 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-21 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Gaofen-14 mission on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 3:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Gaofen-14
Moon · Sample return
Lunar sample return.
View in 3D map — Chang'e-5 Shangsheng QiEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Gonets-M 30/31/32 mission on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 1:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Gonets-M 30/31/32Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Falcon Eye 2 mission on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 1:33 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Falcon Eye 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A JAXA H-IIA rocket launched the JDRS-1 mission on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 7:25 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — JDRS-1SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-16 (V1.0 L15) mission on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 2:13 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-16 (V1.0 L15)
Moon · Sample return
Chang'e-5 is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Chang'e program.
View in 3D map — Chang'e-5Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6) mission on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 5:17 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Return to Sender" mission on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — APSS-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Return to Sender" mission on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — BRO-2 and BRO-3Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Return to Sender" mission on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — DRAGRACEREarth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Return to Sender" mission on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Gnome ChompskiEarth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Return to Sender" mission on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Spacebees (24x)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the SEOSAT-Ingenio mission on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 1:52 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SEOSAT-IngenioEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the SEOSAT-Ingenio mission on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 1:52 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TaranisSpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Dragon Resilience is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 program.
View in 3D map — Dragon ResilienceAssociations 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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