Space Flight News

🚀 Space Flight News MCP Server

This project is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates the Space Flight News API to provide the latest news articles related to space flight. It offers tools that can be consumed by AI assistants or other compatible MCP clients.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Search for space flight news articles using keywords.
• 🆕 Retrieve the latest published articles.
• 🔌 Compatible with any MCP tool that uses standard input/output (stdio).
• 📦 Built with TypeScript, node-fetch, and zod.

📦 System Requirements

• Node.js v18 or higher.
• npm (or yarn).

📦 Installation

git clone https://github.com/your-username/space-flight-news-mcp.git
cd space-flight-news-mcp
npm install

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

Start the MCP server:

npm run build
npm start

This command starts the MCP server using standard input/output (stdio), which is suitable for integration into AI agent environments such as Claude and ChatGPT.

Available Tools

get-latest-articles

Retrieve the latest space flight news.

• Parameters: None
• Return Value: An array containing the latest articles

Example output:

Title: NASA Announces New Mars Exploration Mission
Published: 2025/04/10
Source: NASA
Summary: NASA has released a new Mars exploration plan, which is expected to be launched in the next five years.
URL: https://www.nasa.gov/mars-mission-announcement
---

search-news

Search for news articles based on keywords.

• Parameters:
  • keyword (required): The keyword to search for
  • limit (optional, default value is 10): The maximum number of results to return

Example output:

Title: Latest Space Telescope Discovers Exoplanet
Published: 2025/04/11
Source: ESA
Summary: The new space telescope has discovered an Earth-like planet in the Milky Way.
URL: https://www.esa.int/external-planets-discovery
---

🔧 Technical Details

• Model Context Protocol SDK
• Space Flight News API
• node-fetch: Used for HTTP requests
• zod: Used for parameter validation

The server outputs the following debugging information via console.error():

• Request URL
• HTTP status code
• Response body (maximum 300 characters)

Example:

Error: Request to https://api.example.com failed with status code 500
Response body (truncated): Internal Server Error

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License, allowing for free use, modification, and distribution.

💡 Developer Information

This project is created by WMs784, aiming to explore the latest trends and technological advancements in the field of space flight.