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NASA Open APIs Scraper

Scrape NASA's open APIs: Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Mars Rover photos (Curiosity), EPIC Earth imagery (DSCOVR), Near-Earth Objects feed. Returns titles, explanations, HD URLs, dates, sizes, hazard flags. For science apps and content creation.

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Scrape NASA's open APIs. Four datasets:

  • apod - Astronomy Picture of the Day (with HD URL, explanation, copyright)
  • mars-rover - Curiosity rover photos by sol (mission day)
  • epic - DSCOVR Earth imagery (most recent natural color)
  • neo - Near-Earth Objects feed (hazard flag, diameter, velocity, miss distance)

Useful for science content, edtech apps, astronomy websites, research bots, wallpaper generators.

Free vs. paid

  • Free plan: 10 clearly-labelled mock records.
  • Paid plan: real, live NASA data.

Input

FieldTypeDescription
datasetString (required)apod, mars-rover, epic, neo.
startDate / endDateStringYYYY-MM-DD (APOD and NEO datasets).
solIntegerMars sol for mars-rover. Default 1000.
apiKeyStringYour free key from api.nasa.gov (recommended; default uses DEMO_KEY which is rate-limited to 30/hr).
maxItemsIntegerDefault 50, max 5000.

Output (APOD example)

{
"kind":"apod",
"title":"The Tarantula Nebula",
"date":"2026-05-25",
"explanation":"The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus...",
"mediaType":"image",
"url":"https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2605/Tarantula_Webb_960.jpg",
"hdUrl":"https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2605/Tarantula_Webb.jpg",
"copyright":null
}

Pricing

$0.003/record.

Limitations

  • DEMO_KEY is rate-limited to 30 requests/hour per IP. Provide your own free key from api.nasa.gov for higher quota (1000 req/hour).
  • Mars rover photos are organized by sol. To find an interesting sol, use NASA's mission timeline.

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