NASA MCP Server

Tools NASA MCP Server exposes (35)

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• nasa_apod

  NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) from the NASA Science APOD API (science.nasa.gov): the latest picture, one date (1995-06-16 onward), or a date range of up to 100 days. Returns the title, credit, explanation as plain text, image or video URL and page link, and embeds up to max_images pictu

• nasa_neo

  Near-Earth asteroid close approaches from NASA NeoWs: a feed for up to 7 days (defaults to today, UTC) or a single asteroid by ID. Requires NASA_API_KEY.

• nasa_epic

  Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (DSCOVR) full-disc Earth images for a day: metadata for every image plus a bounded number embedded.

• nasa_gibs

  Render a Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) layer for a date and bounding box as an image (WMS GetMap, EPSG:4326).

• nasa_cmr

  Search NASA's Common Metadata Repository (CMR) for Earth science collections (datasets) or granules (files). Supports identifiers, temporal and spatial filters (bounding_box, point, polygon, line, circle), platform/instrument/project, facets and sorting. Returns a compact normalized envelope by defa

• nasa_firms

  Active fire/thermal anomaly detections from NASA FIRMS for a bounding box and 1-5 day window. Requires FIRMS_MAP_KEY (not NASA_API_KEY). The legacy latitude/longitude interface now needs radius_km and is converted to a bbox.

• nasa_images

  Search NASA's Image and Video Library. Returns item metadata and URLs, with a bounded number of preview thumbnails embedded.

• nasa_exoplanet

  Query the NASA Exoplanet Archive through its TAP service (ADQL). Tables use current TAP names such as ps, pscomppars, cumulative and toi.

• nasa_donki

  Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information (DONKI) events by type for up to 30 days at a time, from the NASA CCMC DONKI API (ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov): solar flares, CMEs and their analyses, geomagnetic storms, interplanetary shocks, SEP, MPC, RBE and HSS events, WSA-ENLIL simulations

• nasa_mars_rover

  DEPRECATED: the upstream Mars Rover Photos API (api.nasa.gov/mars-photos) has been returning HTTP 404 "No such app" since at least 2026-09-29. Calls still query it and report the upstream status accurately; no photos are fabricated. Requires NASA_API_KEY.

• nasa_eonet

  Natural events (wildfires, storms, volcanoes, ice, ...) from the Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker. Filters are sent exactly as given; no automatic broadening.

• nasa_power

  Daily solar and meteorological data for a point from NASA POWER (Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources).

• nasa_osdr_files

  List the data files (with download links) for a NASA Open Science Data Repository (OSDR) study.

• nasa_insight_weather

  HISTORICAL DATA ONLY: per-sol Mars surface weather (air temperature, pressure, wind) from NASA's InSight lander at Elysium Planitia. The feed is frozen at the last seven sols it reported (sols 675-681, October 2020) and is no longer updated. Requires NASA_API_KEY.

• nasa_tle

  Two-line element sets (TLE) for Earth-orbiting satellites from the TLE API in the api.nasa.gov catalog (tle.ivanstanojevic.me; CelesTrak data refreshed daily): one satellite by NORAD catalog number, or a paged name search. No API key needed.

• nasa_ssc_observatories

  Spacecraft and other observatories whose locations the NASA Satellite Situation Center (SSCWeb) can compute, with their data time ranges and resolution. Use the IDs with nasa_ssc_locations. No API key needed.

• nasa_ssc_locations

  Positions of spacecraft (and the Moon and Sun) over a time range from the NASA Satellite Situation Center (SSCWeb), in geophysical coordinate systems (GEO, GM, GSE, GSM, SM, GEI). Returns a CSV table per observatory: X/Y/Z in km, latitude/longitude in degrees, local time in hours and radial distance

• nasa_techport

  NASA's technology project inventory (TechPort): search projects by keyword, or fetch one project with its status, dates, program, technology readiness levels (TRL), lead organization, description and benefits. No API key needed.

• nasa_techtransfer

  Search NASA's Technology Transfer portfolio (technology.nasa.gov): patents available for licensing, issued patents, the NASA Software Catalog, or Spinoff stories about commercial products that use NASA technology. No API key needed.

• nasa_trek_layers

  Search the map layer catalogs of NASA Mars Trek, Moon Trek and Vesta Trek (trek.nasa.gov): mosaics, colour hillshades and other imagery served as OGC WMTS tiles. Returns layer IDs for nasa_trek_tile, with mission, instrument and WMTS endpoint. No API key needed.

• nasa_trek_tile

  One WMTS map tile image from NASA Mars Trek, Moon Trek or Vesta Trek for a layer from nasa_trek_layers, addressed by zoom/row/col or (equirectangular layers) by latitude/longitude. Reads the layer's WMTS capabilities to validate the tile and pick the format. No API key needed.

• nasa_mast_observations

  Search the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), NASA's archive for TESS, Hubble, JWST, Kepler/K2 and other missions, for observations of a named object, a TIC ID or a sky position. For TESS (the default) it lists light curves of the matching TIC stars with their sectors: SPOC 2-minute and 2

• nasa_mast_products

  List the files of MAST observations (from nasa_mast_observations), such as TESS light curves and target pixel files or Hubble and JWST images and spectra, with type, size and a download URL for each. Files are not downloaded or embedded. No API key needed.

• nasa_tess_ffi

  Which TESS sectors, cameras and CCDs observed a sky position in their full-frame images (FFIs), with sector dates and a TESSCut download URL for a cutout of each sector (a ZIP of FITS target pixel files made from SPOC FFIs). Works for any star, including those without 2-minute light curves. Accepts

• jpl_sbdb

  Orbital and physical data for one asteroid or comet from the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).

• jpl_fireball

  Fireball (bolide) events reported by US Government sensors, from the JPL Fireball API.

• jpl_jd_cal

  Convert between Julian dates and calendar dates (UTC) with the JPL JD-Calendar API.

• jpl_nhats

  Near-Earth objects accessible to human missions (NHATS): a constrained summary list, or one object by des/spk.

• jpl_cad

  Asteroid and comet close approaches to the planets, past and future, from the JPL SBDB Close-Approach Data API.

• jpl_sentry

  Earth impact risk assessments from JPL Sentry: summary table, one object, virtual impactors, or removed objects.

• jpl_horizons

  Ephemerides and object data for solar-system bodies from the JPL Horizons API (GET).

• jpl_horizons_file

  Same as jpl_horizons, but submits the parameters as a Horizons input file (POST to horizons_file.api).

• jpl_periodic_orbits

  Periodic orbits (halo, DRO, Lyapunov, ...) in three-body systems from the JPL Three-Body Periodic Orbits database.

• jpl_scout

  JPL Scout trajectory analysis and hazard assessment for unconfirmed objects on the Minor Planet Center NEO Confirmation Page.

• jpl_mission_design

  Ballistic mission options to asteroids and comets from the JPL Small-Body Mission Design API. Object mode (des, spk or sstr) returns the pre-computed mission options stored for one object (launch and arrival dates, V-infinity, time of flight). List mode returns the most accessible small bodies for t

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94

Forks

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Language

TypeScript

License

ISC

Created

Mar 2025

Last update

Oct 11, 2026

Type

MCP Server

Price

Free

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