NASA Mars Rovers · Example Payload

Photos By Earth Date

NASAMarsRoversPhotosImageSpacePlanetary ScienceOpen Data

Photos By Earth Date is an example object payload from NASA Mars Rovers, with 1 top-level field. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

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photos

Example Payload

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{
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": 102693,
      "sol": 973,
      "camera": {
        "id": 27,
        "name": "PANCAM",
        "rover_id": 6,
        "full_name": "Panoramic Camera"
      },
      "img_src": "https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/p/973/2P295022085EFFAOH9P2395L7M1.JPG",
      "earth_date": "2015-06-03",
      "rover": {
        "id": 6,
        "name": "Opportunity",
        "landing_date": "2004-01-25",
        "launch_date": "2003-07-07",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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