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NASA

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) provides a suite of public APIs at api.nasa.gov offering access to space, Earth science, and aeronautics data. Key APIs include Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Mars Rover Photos, Near Earth Object Web Service (NeoWs), DONKI space weather events, EPIC Earth imagery, and the NASA Image and Video Library. All APIs are free and accessible with an API key.

NASA publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Asset API, Captions API, DONKI API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Government, Science, and Space.

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

NASA’s developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, and 28 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 49.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.4 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 9

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

NASA Asset API

The Asset API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for asset.

NASA Captions API

The Captions API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for captions.

NASA DONKI API

The DONKI API from NASA — 8 operation(s) for donki.

NASA EPIC API

The EPIC API from NASA — 5 operation(s) for epic.

NASA Mars Photos API

The Mars Photos API from NASA — 3 operation(s) for mars photos.

NASA Metadata API

The Metadata API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for metadata.

NASA Neo API

The Neo API from NASA — 3 operation(s) for neo.

NASA Planetary API

The Planetary API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for planetary.

NASA Search API

The Search API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for search.

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Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API

OPEN COLLECTION

NASA DONKI (Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information) API

OPEN COLLECTION

NASA EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) API

OPEN COLLECTION

NASA Mars Rover Photos API

OPEN COLLECTION

NASA Image and Video Library API

OPEN COLLECTION

NASA NeoWs (Near Earth Object Web Service) API

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 7

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

NASA APOD Daily Digest

Pull the Astronomy Picture of the Day and enrich it with related assets from the NASA Image and Video Library.

ARAZZO

NASA DONKI Notification Triage

Poll DONKI space weather notifications and branch to the matching event endpoint for the detail the alert omits.

ARAZZO

NASA DONKI Space Weather Event Chain

Walk one space weather window end to end — solar flare, coronal mass ejection, CME analysis, interplanetary shock, geomagnetic storm.

ARAZZO

NASA EPIC Earth Imagery Retrieval

List the dates EPIC actually has imagery for, then pull both natural and enhanced color metadata for one of them.

ARAZZO

NASA Mars Rover Photo Harvest

Read a rover's mission manifest to find a sol that actually has photos, then harvest that sol's images.

ARAZZO

NASA Media Asset Retrieval

Search the NASA Image and Video Library, then resolve the downloadable files, metadata, and captions for a match.

ARAZZO

NASA Near Earth Object Close Approach Analysis

Page the asteroid catalog, look up a specific near-Earth object, and pull every other object approaching on the same date.

ARAZZO

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

nasa-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Nasa Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nasa Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Nasa Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Nasa Context

35 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

NASA API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 10

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

APOD Image

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Rover Camera

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Close Approach

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Coronal Mass Ejection

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EPIC Image

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Geomagnetic Storm

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Near Earth Object

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Mars Rover Photo

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Mars Rover

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Solar Flare

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 3

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

Nasa Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nasa Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Nasa Vulnerability Disclosure

Bugcrowd · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Nasa Agentic Access

24 operations

24 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox
Sandbox
 Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 12

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions
 DataModel
DataModel
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nasa
name: NASA
description: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) provides a suite of public APIs at api.nasa.gov offering
  access to space, Earth science, and aeronautics data. Key APIs include Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Mars Rover Photos,
  Near Earth Object Web Service (NeoWs), DONKI space weather events, EPIC Earth imagery, and the NASA Image and Video Library.
  All APIs are free and accessible with an API key.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · 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.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Government
- Science
- Space
apis:
- aid: nasa:nasa-asset-api
  name: NASA Asset API
  description: The Asset API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for asset.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Asset
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-asset-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-captions-api
  name: NASA Captions API
  description: The Captions API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for captions.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Captions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-captions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-donki-api
  name: NASA DONKI API
  description: The DONKI API from NASA — 8 operation(s) for donki.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - DONKI
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-donki-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-epic-api
  name: NASA EPIC API
  description: The EPIC API from NASA — 5 operation(s) for epic.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - EPIC
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-epic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-mars-photos-api
  name: NASA Mars Photos API
  description: The Mars Photos API from NASA — 3 operation(s) for mars photos.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Mars Photos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-mars-photos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-metadata-api
  name: NASA Metadata API
  description: The Metadata API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-neo-api
  name: NASA Neo API
  description: The Neo API from NASA — 3 operation(s) for neo.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Neo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-neo-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-planetary-api
  name: NASA Planetary API
  description: The Planetary API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for planetary.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Planetary
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-planetary-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
- aid: nasa:nasa-search-api
  name: NASA Search API
  description: The Search API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#apod
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#NeoWS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#DONKI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#EPIC
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/#Images
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nasa-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nasa-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/nasa-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nasa-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/nasa-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/nasa-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/nasa-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nasa-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nasa-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/nasa-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nasa-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nasa-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/nasa-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/nasa-sandbox.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nasa-apod-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nasa-donki-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nasa-epic-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nasa-mars-rover-photos-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nasa-nasa-image-and-video-library-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nasa-neo-overlay.yaml
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-apod-daily-digest-workflow.yml
  name: NASA APOD Daily Digest
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-media-asset-retrieval-workflow.yml
  name: NASA Media Asset Retrieval
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-mars-rover-photo-harvest-workflow.yml
  name: NASA Mars Rover Photo Harvest
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-neo-close-approach-analysis-workflow.yml
  name: NASA Near Earth Object Close Approach Analysis
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-epic-earth-imagery-workflow.yml
  name: NASA EPIC Earth Imagery Retrieval
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-donki-space-weather-event-chain-workflow.yml
  name: NASA DONKI Space Weather Event Chain
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/nasa-donki-notification-triage-workflow.yml
  name: NASA DONKI Notification Triage
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa
- url: https://api.nasa.gov
  type: Portal
- url: https://www.nasa.gov
  type: Website
- url: https://data.nasa.gov
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/nasa
  type: GitHubOrganization
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/apps/
- url: https://www.nasa.gov/feed/
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: NASA
- name: Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
- name: A Sea of Spinning Clouds
- name: Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch
- name: Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral
- name: D-Site
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com