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The NASA-MCP server integrates with NASA APIs to retrieve astronomical and space-related data via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Key capabilities include:
- Accessing Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) with options for specific dates, counts, and thumbnails
- Querying Near Earth Objects (NEOs) data by date range or asteroid ID
- Retrieving Space Weather data including coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares
- Obtaining DONKI notifications for space weather events
- Accessing Earth imagery from both Landsat 8 satellite and EPIC camera
- Querying the Exoplanet Archive for information about planets outside our solar system
- Retrieving Mars rover photos and mission manifests for Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit
Enables querying NASA APIs for astronomical data including Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Near Earth Objects, Space Weather (DONKI), Earth imagery from Landsat 8, EPIC camera images, and Exoplanet Archive database information.
NASA-MCP. Integration via MCP with NASA APIs
NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States.
NASA-MCP allows you to retrieve astronomical data, space weather information, Earth imagery, and more from NASA's APIs directly from Claude AI and other MCP compatible clients, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
NASA-MCP is an MCP server that exposes tools enabling LLMs to query data from various NASA APIs, including APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), Asteroids NeoWs, DONKI (Space Weather Database), Earth imagery, EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera), and Exoplanet data.
It includes secure handling of API keys and proper error management for all API requests.
Key Features
- Access to Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) with explanations and imagery
- Query Near Earth Objects data and asteroid information
- Retrieve Space Weather data from DONKI, including solar flares, geomagnetic storms, and more
- Get Earth imagery from Landsat 8 satellite for specific coordinates
- Access EPIC camera images showing the full Earth disk
- Query the Exoplanet Archive database for information about planets outside our solar system
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install NASA API Integration Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Install with uv
Prerequisites
- Python 3.10 or higher
- uv package manager
Installing uv
The first step is to install uv, a package manager for Python.
It can be installed from the command line.
On macOS and Linux:
On Windows:
You can also install it with pip:
For more information about installing uv, visit the uv documentation.
Integration with clients like Claude for Desktop
Once uv is installed, you can use the MCP server from any compatible client such as Claude for Desktop, in which case the steps to follow are:
- Go to Claude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config >
claude_desktop_config.json - Add the following block inside
"mcpServers":
- Get a free API key from NASA at: https://api.nasa.gov/
- Replace
YOUR_NASA_API_KEYwith your actual API key (leave the quotes). You can also use "DEMO_KEY" for limited testing. - If you already have another MCP server configured, separate each with a comma
,.
In general, to integrate it into any other MCP-compatible client such as Cursor, CODEGPT, or Roo Code, simply go to the MCP server configuration of your client and add the same code block.
Usage Examples
Once properly configured, you can ask things like:
remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
Tools
An MCP server that enables LLMs to query data from various NASA APIs, allowing access to astronomical data, space weather information, Earth imagery, and exoplanet information directly from compatible AI clients.
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