NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day

🚀 NASA MCP Service

A feature - rich MCP tool for NASA data query, supporting multiple NASA API services and natural language queries.

✨ Features

• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

  • Retrieve NASA's daily astronomy picture.
  • Support historical date queries.
  • Return information such as the picture's title, description, and URL.

• Mars Rovers Photos

  • Support multiple Mars rovers: Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit, and Perseverance.
  • Query Mars photos by date.
  • Obtain pictures taken by different cameras.

• Earth Satellite Images

  • Get satellite images based on longitude and latitude.
  • Support historical image queries.
  • Provide high - resolution satellite photos.

• Near Earth Objects (NEO) Data

  • Obtain information on near - Earth asteroids for a specific date.
  • Include data such as asteroid size, distance, and speed.
  • Conduct a risk assessment.

• Space Weather Data

  • Information on solar flare events.
  • Data on coronal mass ejections.
  • Real - time space weather conditions.

📦 Installation

Installation in Cursor

1. Open the Cursor IDE.
2. Enter the following command in the command panel to install:

   nasa-mcp install
   

Configuration

After installation, you need to configure the NASA API Key. Please follow these steps:

1. Visit the NASA API Application Page to get a free API Key.
2. Create a config.json file in the project root directory and add the following content:

   {
     "nasaApiKey": "your_api_key_here"
   }
   

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage - Command Line

1. Query the Astronomy Picture of the Day:

   nasa-mcp apod --date "2023-10-05"
   

2. Get Mars rover photos:

   nasa-mcp mars-rover --rover Curiosity --date "2023-10-05"
   

3. Query Earth satellite images:

   nasa-mcp earth-image --longitude 120.0 --latitude 30.0
   

Advanced Usage - Node.js

const { NASA } = require('nasa-mcp');

async function main() {
    const nasa = new NASA({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });

    // Query the Astronomy Picture of the Day
    const apod = await nasa.apod('2023-10-05');
    console.log(apod);

    // Get Mars rover photos
    const roverImage = await nasa.marsRover('Curiosity', '2023-10-05');
    console.log(roverImage);
}

main().catch(console.error);

📚 Documentation

APOD Data Return Format

{
  "date": "string",
  "explanation": "string",
  "hdurl": "string",
  "url": "string"
}

Mars Rover Photos Return Format

{
  " rover_name ": "string",
  " images ": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "img_src": "string",
      "date": "string"
    }
  ]
}

📄 License

MIT

Author

Simon Liu