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 →8816 linked missions · showing 193–216
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 7A rocket launched the Tianlian-3 01 mission on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianlian-3 01Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-409 (17-51) mission on Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-409 (17-51)Suborbital · Suborbital mission
Ship 40 successfully went through two cryogenic proof tests on May 4 and 5. Further testing continued including a 60 second static fire on July 1. Booster 20 began its own test campaign with a cryogenic proof test on June 7. A 25-second static fire with all 33 engines was completed in July 10. Among other objectives of Flight 13, 20 real V3 Starlink satellites will be deployed and will try to connect to ground stations and the already existing Starlink network. Ship 40 unexpectedly survived the soft splashdown and has been towed to Christmas Island, Australia, for further inspection, as of August 18, 2026. According to Elon Musk, after this second splashdown of a V3 Ship, there could be a first tower catch on Flight 14.
View in 3D map — Starship Flight 13Earth orbit · Launch payload
A total of 5 satellites were launched on this mission, but the full manifest remains unconfirmed.
View in 3D map — TY-48 & OthersEarth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket launched the Tianlian-2 06 mission on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianlian-2 06Earth orbit · Launch payload
An OrienSpace Gravity-1 rocket launched the 6x Dongpo (13, 14, 17-20) mission on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — 6x Dongpo (13, 14, 17-20)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An OrienSpace Gravity-1 rocket launched the 6x Dongpo (13, 14, 17-20) mission on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Lilac-3Earth orbit · Launch payload
An OrienSpace Gravity-1 rocket launched the 6x Dongpo (13, 14, 17-20) mission on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Neptune Experiment Payload Support ModuleEarth orbit · Launch payload
An OrienSpace Gravity-1 rocket launched the 6x Dongpo (13, 14, 17-20) mission on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianyi-49Earth orbit · Launch payload
An OrienSpace Gravity-1 rocket launched the 6x Dongpo (13, 14, 17-20) mission on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Xiguang-2 01Earth orbit · Launch payload
MRV-1 ("Mission Robotic Vehicle-1") is a SpaceLogistics/Northrop Grumman robotic satellite-servicing spacecraft launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Its geosynchronous-orbit mission profile supports on-orbit life extension for client satellites by using robotic servicing capabilities to install Mission Extension Pods and perform related servicing tasks.
View in 3D map — MRV-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-408 (17-39) mission on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-408 (17-39)Earth orbit · Launch payload
First flight of the Vikram-1 launch vehicle and the first ever orbital flight by an Indian private company. What was intended as a first demo flight became a complete success, including the deployment of several payloads.
View in 3D map — DCUBED In-Orbit DemonstrationEarth orbit · Launch payload
First flight of the Vikram-1 launch vehicle and the first ever orbital flight by an Indian private company. What was intended as a first demo flight became a complete success, including the deployment of several payloads.
View in 3D map — Demo FlightEarth orbit · Launch payload
An in-orbit robotic arm belonging to Cosmoserve Space.
View in 3D map — EmbraceEarth orbit · Launch payload
A satellite belonging to Skyroot, the developer of the Vikram-1 launch vehicle.
View in 3D map — SCOPEEarth orbit · Launch payload
Satellite belonging to Grahaa Space.
View in 3D map — SOLARAS S3Earth orbit · Launch payload
Tranche 1 Transport Layer E is a Space Development Agency mission carrying military data-transport communications satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The payloads add to SDA’s optically linked Tranche 1 Transport Layer, which provides low-latency tactical data relay and supports missile-warning/missile-tracking data dissemination. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches the mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base into a polar low Earth orbit.
View in 3D map — Tranche 1 Transport Layer EEarth orbit · Launch payload
ISS Expedition 75 will include Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, as well as NASA astronaut Anil Menon, who will launch on board the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in 2026.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-29Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-407 (10-45) mission on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-407 (10-45)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-406 (15-14) mission on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-406 (15-14)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-405 (17-48) mission on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-405 (17-48)Earth orbit · Launch payload
First test launch of the Long March 10B. The booster successfully landed downrange on the Ling Hang Zhe recovery vessel.
View in 3D map — Demo FlightEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-404 (10-42) mission on Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-404 (10-42)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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