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Data

Data Directories, Data Wrangling Tools, Earth Observation, Extrasolar Planets, Launches, Solar System Data, Orbits and More.

Data Directories​

  • api.nasa.gov - NASA's API portal
  • Data.gov - NASA - The US Federal government's open data portal page for NASA data sets. If you search by Bureaus, Organizations, or Publishers, you'll find additional space-related data sets from NASA/GSFC, NOAA, the Space Science Technology Directorate, selected universities, and more.
  • data.nasa.gov - Continually growing catalog of publicly available NASA datasets, APIs, visualizations, and more
  • images.nasa.gov - Search NASA's informational image and video archive
  • MAST - A NASA-funded site that provides astronomical data archives focused on scientific data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-IR.
  • Small Satellite Information Search - NASA's federated search portal for small spacecraft parts, technologies and conference proceedings.

Data Wrangling Tools​

Earth​

Extrasolar Planets​

Launches​

  • Launch Dashboard API - Open Source REST API for rocket launch telemetry
  • Launch Library 2 - A free to use API with rocket launches, astronauts, events, etc. that application developers can use. It is the successor of the original Launch Library and Space Launch Now APIs. As it is maintained by The Space Devs, news and support are provided on their Discord server.
  • Space Launch Report - Website listing launchers and their specs as well as launch reports dating back decades
  • Unofficial SpaceX REST API - Open Source REST API for rocket, core, capsule, pad, and launch data

Solar System Data​

  • Asterank - Asterank is a scientific and economic database of over 600,000 asteroids.
  • astorbDB - A database of orbital elements and observed physical properties (when available) for all known minor planets in the Solar System.
  • IAU Minor Planet Center - Clearing house for observations of asteroids and other smaller solar system bodies
  • LROC QuickMap - Quality 2D and 3D maps of the moon
  • NASA's Planetary Data System - A long-term archive of digital data products returned from NASA's planetary missions
  • NASA's Solar System Treks - Access surface elevation profiles, sun angles, 3D print files, and VR experiences in our solar system

Orbits​

  • Celestrak - Celestrak is the world's oldest source for orbital element sets (and related software and educational materials).
  • JPL's HORIZONS - Generate ephemerides for solar-system bodies
  • Space Physics Data Facility - Web-based services for survey and high resolution data and trajectories

Space News​