# Artemis

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/artemis/  
**Website:** https://www.nasa.gov/artemis/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

NASA's Artemis program is the next generation of lunar exploration, aiming to return humans to the Moon and establish a sustainable presence for future missions to Mars. The program includes the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, the Lunar Gateway space station, and commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin. NASA's Open APIs provide programmatic access to Artemis-related data, including mission imagery, space weather, and planetary data through api.nasa.gov. The program operates under NASA's Science Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.

## Kin Score — 36.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 49.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 29.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **NASA Open APIs** — NASA's Open API platform at api.nasa.gov provides programmatic access to NASA data including the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Near Earth Object Web Service (NeoWs), NASA...
- **NASA Technology Transfer API** — The NASA Technology Transfer API provides programmatic access to the NASA patent portfolio, software catalog, and spinoff technologies developed through the Artemis program and ...
- **Artemis APOD API** — Astronomy Picture of the Day
- **Artemis DONKI API** — Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information
- **Artemis EPIC API** — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
- **Artemis Images API** — NASA Image and Video Library
- **Artemis NeoWs API** — Near Earth Object Web Service

## Agentic access (1)

- **Artemis Agentic Access** — 8 operations

## Security (2)

- **Artemis Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Artemis Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Artemis Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Mission Data Integration** — Researchers and mission planners integrate NASA Open APIs to build dashboards and tools that aggregate space weather, trajectory, and imagery data for Artemis mission support.
- **Education and Outreach** — Educators and developers build Artemis-themed applications using NASA imagery and mission data to engage the public in lunar exploration.
- **Research Applications** — Scientists access planetary and space environment data programmatically to support research that informs Artemis crew safety and mission planning.
- **Technology Transfer** — Companies and universities query the NASA Technology Transfer API to identify Artemis-developed patents and software available for licensing.

## Tags

Exploration, Lunar, Moon, NASA, Space, Government

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/artemis/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.