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NASA Mars Rovers

NASA Mars Rover Photos REST API providing images captured by Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit, and Perseverance Mars rovers, filterable by sol (Martian day), camera type, and Earth date. Includes mission manifest data with landing dates, launch dates, rover status, and per-sol photo breakdowns.

NASA Mars Rovers publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Manifests API, Photos API, and Rovers API. Tagged areas include NASA, Mars, Rovers, Photos, and Images.

The NASA Mars Rovers catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

NASA Mars Rovers’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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48.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
NASAMarsRoversPhotosImagesSpacePlanetary ScienceOpen Data

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 48.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

NASA Mars Rovers Manifests API

Mission manifest data per rover.

NASA Mars Rovers Photos API

Retrieve rover photos filtered by sol, Earth date, and camera.

NASA Mars Rovers Rovers API

List and inspect Mars rover records.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Nasa Mars Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nasa Mars Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Nasa Mars Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

6 classes · 16 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

NASA Mars Rovers API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Manifest

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Photo

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Manifest Curiosity

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Photos By Earth Date

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Photos By Sol

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nasa Mars Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nasa Mars Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Nasa Mars Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nasa-mars
name: NASA Mars Rovers
description: NASA Mars Rover Photos REST API providing images captured by Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit, and Perseverance
  Mars rovers, filterable by sol (Martian day), camera type, and Earth date. Includes mission manifest data with landing dates,
  launch dates, rover status, and per-sol photo breakdowns.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nasa-mars.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-mars/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- NASA
- Mars
- Rovers
- Photos
- Images
- Space
- Planetary Science
- Open Data
apis:
- aid: nasa-mars:nasa-mars-manifests-api
  name: NASA Mars Rovers Manifests API
  description: Mission manifest data per rover.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
  tags:
  - Manifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-mars-manifests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
- aid: nasa-mars:nasa-mars-photos-api
  name: NASA Mars Rovers Photos API
  description: Retrieve rover photos filtered by sol, Earth date, and camera.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
  tags:
  - Photos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-mars-photos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
- aid: nasa-mars:nasa-mars-rovers-api
  name: NASA Mars Rovers Rovers API
  description: List and inspect Mars rover records.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
  tags:
  - Rovers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-mars-rovers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nasa-mars-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nasa-mars-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nasa-mars-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/nasa
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa/
- type: Blog
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.api.nasa.gov/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/nasa
- type: Plans
  url: plans/nasa-mars-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/nasa-mars-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/nasa-mars-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com