NASA Open APIs

aid: nasa-gov
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: nasa-gov:apod
    name: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
    tags:
      - Astronomy
      - Imagery
      - Space
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod
    properties:
      - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
        type: SourceCode
      - url: openapi/apod-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/apod-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
    description: >-
      One of the most popular NASA websites, exposed as a JSON API. Returns the picture (or video) of the day with
      title, explanation, image URL, HD URL, optional copyright, and media type. Supports date, start_date/end_date
      ranges, count for random selections, and thumbs for video thumbnails.
  - aid: nasa-gov:asteroids-neows
    name: NASA Asteroids NeoWs (Near Earth Object Web Service)
    tags:
      - Asteroids
      - Astronomy
      - Near Earth Objects
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1
    properties:
      - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/SpaceRocks/NeoWs
        type: SourceCode
      - url: openapi/asteroids-neows-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      RESTful web service for near earth Asteroid information. Lets you search for asteroids by closest approach date,
      lookup a specific asteroid by NASA JPL small body ID, and browse the overall dataset. Endpoints include /feed,
      /neo/{id}, and /neo/browse.
  - aid: nasa-gov:donki
    name: NASA DONKI Space Weather API
    tags:
      - Space Weather
      - Heliophysics
      - Solar
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/DONKI/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/DONKI
    properties:
      - url: https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/DONKI/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/donki-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information (DONKI) — a comprehensive on-line tool for space
      weather forecasters, scientists, and the general public. Exposes coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms,
      interplanetary shocks, solar flares, solar energetic particles, magnetopause crossings, radiation belt
      enhancements, and high-speed streams.
  - aid: nasa-gov:earth
    name: NASA Earth Imagery API
    tags:
      - Earth
      - Imagery
      - Landsat
      - Remote Sensing
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/earth
    properties:
      - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/earth-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Unlock the significant public investment in earth observation data. Returns Landsat 8 imagery for a given
      latitude/longitude and date plus assets/metadata. Useful for deforestation monitoring, natural disaster damage
      assessment, and other Earth surface change detection.
  - aid: nasa-gov:eonet
    name: NASA EONET (Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker)
    tags:
      - Earth
      - Natural Events
      - Disasters
      - Earth Observatory
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
    baseURL: https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3
    properties:
      - url: https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/eonet-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Continuously updated, curated source of natural events occurring on Earth — wildfires, severe storms, volcanoes,
      sea/lake ice, drought, dust/haze, earthquakes, floods, landslides, manmade events, snow, temperature extremes, and
      water color. Returns events, categories, layers, sources, and magnitudes.
  - aid: nasa-gov:epic
    name: NASA EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera)
    tags:
      - Earth
      - Imagery
      - DSCOVR
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/EPIC
    properties:
      - url: https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/epic-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) instrument aboard the DSCOVR satellite provides full-disc imagery of
      the Earth. Returns natural and enhanced color image metadata with centroid coordinates, spacecraft position, sun
      position, and lunar position. Both /natural and /enhanced collections supported.
  - aid: nasa-gov:exoplanet
    name: NASA Exoplanet Archive API
    tags:
      - Exoplanets
      - Astronomy
      - Astrophysics
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
    baseURL: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/TAP
    properties:
      - url: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/exoplanet-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Programmatic access to NASA's Exoplanet Archive — confirmed planets, planetary candidates, Kepler/K2/TESS objects
      of interest, microlensing events, and direct imaging detections. Uses the IPAC Table Access Protocol (TAP) with
      ADQL queries returning CSV, JSON, VOTable, or IPAC ASCII.
  - aid: nasa-gov:insight
    name: NASA InSight Mars Weather Service API
    tags:
      - Mars
      - Weather
      - InSight
      - Planetary Science
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/insight_weather
    properties:
      - url: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/insight-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Per-Sol summary data for each of the last seven available Sols (Martian days) of weather at Elysium Planitia,
      measured by the InSight lander. Reports atmospheric temperature, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric
      pressure. Note - InSight ended operations in December 2022; data is historical.
  - aid: nasa-gov:mars-rover-photos
    name: NASA Mars Rover Photos API
    tags:
      - Mars
      - Rovers
      - Imagery
      - Planetary Science
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
    properties:
      - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/chrisccerami/mars-photo-api
        type: SourceCode
      - url: openapi/mars-rover-photos-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Image data gathered by NASA's Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit, and Perseverance rovers on Mars. Each photo can be
      queried by Earth date or Martian sol with optional camera filter (FHAZ, RHAZ, MAST, CHEMCAM, MAHLI, MARDI, NAVCAM,
      PANCAM, MINITES).
  - aid: nasa-gov:image-video-library
    name: NASA Image and Video Library API
    tags:
      - Imagery
      - Video
      - Media
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
    baseURL: https://images-api.nasa.gov
    properties:
      - url: https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/nasa/NASA-Image-and-Video-Library
        type: SourceCode
      - url: openapi/image-video-library-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      API to access the NASA Image and Video Library at images.nasa.gov. Supports searching the Library, retrieving
      asset manifests, metadata, captions, and resolving rich-text URLs. Endpoints include /search, /asset, /metadata,
      /captions, and /album.
  - aid: nasa-gov:techtransfer
    name: NASA TechTransfer API
    tags:
      - Patents
      - Software
      - Technology Transfer
      - Innovation
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/techtransfer
    properties:
      - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://technology.nasa.gov/
        type: Portal
      - url: openapi/techtransfer-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Structured, searchable developer access to NASA's patents, software, and Spinoff publications. Patents are part of
      the NASA Technology Transfer Program with the goal of bringing NASA technology down to Earth. Endpoints include
      /patent, /patent/issued, /software, and /spinoff.
  - aid: nasa-gov:ssd-cneos
    name: NASA SSD/CNEOS API
    tags:
      - Solar System
      - Near Earth Objects
      - Asteroids
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov
    properties:
      - url: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/ssd-cneos-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Solar System Dynamics and Center for Near-Earth Object Studies APIs at JPL. Includes CAD (close-approach data),
      SBDB (small body database lookup and query), Sentry (impact risk), Fireball, NHATS, mission design, and scout.
      Provides authoritative orbital, physical, and risk data for small bodies.
  - aid: nasa-gov:techport
    name: NASA TechPort API
    tags:
      - Technology
      - Projects
      - Research
      - Innovation
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://techport.nasa.gov/api
    baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/techport/api
    properties:
      - url: https://techport.nasa.gov/api
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/techport-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      API to make NASA technology project data available in a machine-readable format. Returns project title,
      description, benefits, status, dates, organizations, technology areas, and program. Useful for research discovery,
      technology scouting, and grant analysis.
  - aid: nasa-gov:tle
    name: NASA TLE API (Two-Line Element Set)
    tags:
      - Satellites
      - Orbital
      - TLE
      - Space Situational Awareness
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/
    baseURL: https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/api
    properties:
      - url: https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/tle-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Two-line element set (TLE) data for earth-orbiting objects at a given point in time. Hosted in partnership outside
      api.nasa.gov but listed in the NASA Open APIs catalog. Returns satellite name, NORAD ID, line1, line2, and source
      attribution.
  - aid: nasa-gov:satellite-situation-center
    name: NASA Satellite Situation Center API
    tags:
      - Satellites
      - Heliophysics
      - Spacecraft
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
    baseURL: https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WS/sscr/2
    properties:
      - url: https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/satellite-situation-center-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      System to cast geocentric spacecraft location information into a framework of (empirical) geophysical regions and
      mappings of point locations along the spacecraft trajectory to/from locations of interest (e.g. magnetic
      conjunctions, IMF mappings).
  - aid: nasa-gov:genelab
    name: NASA GeneLab Search API
    tags:
      - Bioscience
      - Genomics
      - Omics
      - Space Biology
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://genelab.nasa.gov/genelab-help/genelab-api
    baseURL: https://genelab-data.ndc.nasa.gov/genelab/data
    properties:
      - url: https://genelab.nasa.gov/genelab-help/genelab-api
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/genelab-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Programmatic interface for GeneLab's public data repository — space biology omics datasets (genomic,
      transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, metagenomic) for organisms studied in spaceflight or space-relevant
      environments. Search by term, type, and organism.
  - aid: nasa-gov:trek-wmts
    name: NASA Vesta/Moon/Mars Trek WMTS
    tags:
      - Maps
      - WMTS
      - Mars
      - Moon
      - Vesta
      - NASA
    humanURL: https://trek.nasa.gov/
    baseURL: https://trek.nasa.gov/tiles/Mars/EQ
    properties:
      - url: https://trek.nasa.gov/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/trek-wmts-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      A Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) for the Vesta, Moon, and Mars Trek imagery projects. Standardized OGC WMTS tiles
      consumable by Leaflet, OpenLayers, ArcGIS, and QGIS for planetary mapping applications.
name: NASA Open APIs
tags:
  - Government
  - Federal
  - Space
  - Earth Science
  - Open Data
  - Astronomy
  - Planetary Science
  - Heliophysics
  - Bioscience
  - NASA
kind: contract
x-type: government
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access: 3rd-Party
common:
  - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
    name: NASA Open APIs Portal
    type: Portal
  - url: https://api.nasa.gov/
    name: API Documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://api.nasa.gov/#signUp
    name: Generate API Key
    type: SignUp
  - url: https://api.data.gov/docs/
    name: api.data.gov Documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://api.data.gov/docs/rate-limits/
    name: api.data.gov Rate Limits
    type: RateLimits
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/data/
    name: NASA Open Data
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://data.nasa.gov/
    name: NASA Open Data Portal
    type: Portal
  - url: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/nasa-gov
    name: NASA on data.gov
    type: Portal
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/
    name: NASA Home
    type: Portal
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/news/
    type: Blog
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
    type: PrivacyPolicy
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/website-and-section508-disclaimer/
    type: TermsOfService
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/about-nasa/
    name: About NASA
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/nasa
    type: GitHubOrganization
  - url: https://code.nasa.gov/
    name: code.nasa.gov
    type: Portal
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/api-docs
    name: NASA api-docs Repository
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
    name: APOD Source Code
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/eyes
    name: NASA Eyes Visualization
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/openmct
    name: Open MCT (Mission Control Technologies)
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus
    name: Cumulus Earth Science Data Framework
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/cFS
    name: Core Flight System
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/nasa/trick
    name: Trick Simulation Environment
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://images.nasa.gov/
    name: NASA Image and Video Library
    type: Portal
  - url: https://technology.nasa.gov/
    name: NASA Technology Transfer Portal
    type: Portal
  - url: https://techport.nasa.gov/
    name: NASA TechPort Portal
    type: Portal
  - url: mailto:hq-open-innovation@mail.nasa.gov
    name: Open Innovation Contact
    type: Support
  - url: https://www.nasa.gov/foia/
    name: NASA FOIA
    type: Documentation
  - url: rate-limits/nasa-gov-rate-limits.yml
    type: RateLimits
  - type: Features
    data:
      - Single unified developer portal at api.nasa.gov fronted by api.data.gov key infrastructure
      - Single api_key query parameter authenticates against every major endpoint
      - Free DEMO_KEY mode for evaluation (30 req/hr, 50 req/day per IP)
      - Personal API key default rate limit of 1000 requests per hour per key
      - X-RateLimit-Limit / X-RateLimit-Remaining response headers on every call
      - APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day with date range, count, and HD URL support
      - Asteroids NeoWs - feed, lookup, and browse for near-earth asteroids
      - >-
        DONKI - eleven space weather event types (CME, GST, IPS, FLR, SEP, MPC, RBE, HSS, EONET, WSAEnlilSimulations,
        notifications)
      - Earth - Landsat 8 imagery and asset metadata by latitude/longitude/date
      - EONET - curated natural events tracker (12 categories, events/sources/categories/layers/magnitudes)
      - EPIC - DSCOVR full-disc Earth imagery with sun/moon/spacecraft positions
      - Exoplanet Archive - IPAC TAP service with ADQL queries returning CSV/JSON/VOTable
      - Mars Rover Photos - Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit, Perseverance imagery by sol or Earth date
      - InSight Mars Weather - last seven sols of weather at Elysium Planitia (historical)
      - NASA Image and Video Library - search/asset/metadata/captions/album
      - SSD/CNEOS - small body database, close approach data, Sentry impact risk, fireball, NHATS
      - TechPort - NASA technology project portfolio data
      - TechTransfer - patents, software, and spinoff publications
      - TLE - two-line element sets for earth-orbiting satellites
      - Satellite Situation Center - geocentric spacecraft locations and geophysical regions
      - GeneLab - omics data from spaceflight bioscience experiments
      - Vesta/Moon/Mars Trek - OGC WMTS tile services for planetary basemaps
      - Public domain content - NASA imagery and data are generally not copyrighted (with limited exceptions)
      - 617+ public repositories on github.com/nasa including cFS, openmct, cumulus, trick
      - Aligned with US Federal Open Data policy and the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
    sources:
      - https://api.nasa.gov/
      - https://github.com/nasa/api-docs
      - https://api.data.gov/docs/rate-limits/
      - https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
      - https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
      - https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
      - https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
    updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Producing
description: >-
  NASA Open APIs is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's unified, public developer portal exposing space,
  earth science, planetary, heliophysics, and bioscience datasets at api.nasa.gov. A single API key issued through
  api.data.gov authenticates the family of APIs including APOD, Asteroids NeoWs, DONKI, Earth, EONET, EPIC, Exoplanet
  Archive, InSight, Mars Rover Photos, NASA Image and Video Library, TechPort, TechTransfer, SSD/CNEOS, Satellite
  Situation Center, GeneLab, TLE, and the Vesta/Moon/Mars Trek WMTS services. Together with 617+ open-source
  repositories on github.com/nasa they represent one of the most comprehensive open federal API surfaces in the world.
  As a US federal civilian agency NASA's data and software products are generally in the public domain, supporting a
  global ecosystem of researchers, educators, developers, and citizen scientists.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
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    X: apievangelist
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