"Free tools or resources that do not require an API" matching MCP servers:

An MCP server that equips LLM clients with authoritative astrodynamics tools including TLE/SGP4 propagation, Lambert solving, ground-station access, time-scale and coordinate-frame conversions, and more.

Maintained fork of Three-Little-Birds/openvsp-mcp, adding OpenVSP geometry inspection, typed parameter editing, SVG/STL previews, validated VSPAERO analysis, and durable parallel batches with progress, cancellation, resume, and CSV/JSON export. Independently maintained by rhyne1012; not an official OpenVSP or NASA project.

Provides standardized access to 20+ NASA data sources including astronomy pictures, Mars rover photos, near-Earth objects, satellite imagery, space weather, and planetary data through a unified interface optimized for AI consumption.

Provides satellite tracking data using Two-Line Element sets from a free public API. Enables querying satellite orbits and positions through natural language or direct tool calls.

An MCP server that lets an LLM operate an amateur radio shack: query live APRS traffic, predict satellite passes, schedule SDR captures, and monitor FT8/WSPR band activity.

MCP server that exposes NOAA/SWPC HF band-condition and space-weather tools, providing real-time solar indices, band conditions, forecasts, alerts, solar wind, and X-ray flux for ham radio operators.

Provides AI assistants with live information about who is currently in space and the location of the ISS, using the free Open Notify API.

Live space data for AI agents: upcoming rocket launches (SpaceX, NASA, Rocket Lab…), ISS pass predictions for any city or coordinates (live SGP4), and launch news in 7 languages. Read-only, no auth, no API key. Backed by gocosmik.com — the free real-time 3D satellite tracker.

An MCP server that lets AI agents search, save, preview, download, and cart satellite scenes from ISRO's Bhoonidhi portal in natural language, with search and saved queries requiring no login and downloads/cart operations using an out-of-band session.

Enables AI agents to run Link Budget, Radar Range, and EO/IR calculations and to read the user's saved projects by exchanging request and result files through a local folder that the macOS/iPadOS engineering calculator app watches. All computation happens in the app, and results are returned verbatim, including undetermined outcomes that report missing inputs.

A local, open-source MCP server that wraps astronomy data services (SIMBAD, JPL Horizons, VizieR, etc.) behind a conversational interface, enabling AI assistants to answer astronomy questions with real, typed, and provenance-tracked data.

US drone airspace intelligence and mission planning. 24 MCP tools: check airspace restrictions across 11 FAA data layers, plan grid/orbit/corridor surveys, validate Part 107 compliance, generate pre-flight briefings, and export to KML/GPX/QGC/Litchi/WPML.

Vedaksha MCP Server Astronomical ephemeris and Vedic astrology computation for AI agents via the Model Context Protocol.

Enables AI agents to autonomously write, run, and debug NASA GMAT mission scripts, with tools for script execution, curated knowledge of common pitfalls, and semantic documentation search.

Enables managing services on OpenWrt, ImmortalWrt, and systemd-based routers via SSH, with read-only service listing, status, and log queries, plus write operations (start/stop/restart) requiring confirmationional confirmation and an optional shell execution capability.

Enables read-only querying of orbital launch and space-sector data plus testnet event-market listings, order books, midpoint prices, and cancel-safety checks on Base Sepolia. It does not place, cancel, or claim orders, and it never resolves markets.

Provides LLM access to the Event Monitoring System (EMS) API for comprehensive flight data analytics and monitoring. It enables users to query flight records, retrieve time-series analytics, and explore aircraft assets or database hierarchies.

Turns any MCP client into an OpenFOAM setup and debugging co-pilot, enabling case scaffolding, dictionary edits, mesh sizing, inlet turbulence calculations, and solver-log convergence checks through natural language.

Enables LLMs and AI agents to interact with AFSIM through standardized MCP tools for scenario management, entity/component control, simulation execution, and results analysis.

Enables authenticated access to a pilot's flight-planning account, letting an assistant search installed airfield charts offline, pull full airfield records with pilot notes and live feedback, and list, read, or download flightplans from local disk or cloud storage.