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Your agent can't reach NASA's feeds; this returns the Astronomy Picture of the Day, asteroid approaches, and Mars rover photos.

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Space and astronomy data from NASA's open APIs: the Astronomy Picture of the Day, near-Earth asteroid approaches, and Mars rover photos. Imagery and data are US public domain. Outputs are sourced from NASA APIs and are not independently NASA-verified.

Knowledge & Referencespaceastronomynasamarsasteroids

Tools (3)

▶apod

Get NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, by date or as a random set.

0.1 credits/call ($0.0001) · 0.1 credit per call

Example prompts

  • “Show me NASA's astronomy picture of the day”
  • “Get the APOD for 2020-07-04”
  • “Give me 5 random astronomy pictures”

Parameters

datestringoptional

Single date, YYYY-MM-DD.

countintegeroptional

Return N random entries (do not combine with a date range).

thumbsbooleanoptionaldefault: false

Return a thumbnail URL for video entries.

end_datestringoptional

Range end date, YYYY-MM-DD.

start_datestringoptional

Range start date, YYYY-MM-DD.

API Usage

curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/space/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer faro_<your_key>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "intent": {
    "prompt": "Show me NASA's astronomy picture of the day"
  }
}'

CLI Usage

askfaro describe space/apod

Install pip install askfaro-cli, then askfaro auth login.

▶neo_feed

List near-Earth asteroid approaches over a date range.

0.1 credits/call ($0.0001) · 0.1 credit per call

Example prompts

  • “What asteroids are passing near Earth this week?”
  • “List near-Earth objects between 2025-01-01 and 2025-01-07”
  • “Are there any potentially hazardous asteroids approaching?”

Parameters

end_datestringrequired

Range end date, YYYY-MM-DD (max 7 days after start).

start_datestringrequired

Range start date, YYYY-MM-DD.

API Usage

curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/space/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer faro_<your_key>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "intent": {
    "prompt": "What asteroids are passing near Earth this week?"
  }
}'

CLI Usage

askfaro describe space/neo_feed

Install pip install askfaro-cli, then askfaro auth login.

▶mars_rover_photos

Get photos taken by a Mars rover on a given Martian or Earth day.

0.1 credits/call ($0.0001) · 0.1 credit per call

Example prompts

  • “Show Curiosity rover photos from sol 1000”
  • “Get Perseverance images from 2021-03-01”
  • “Mars rover photos from the NAVCAM camera”

Parameters

solintegeroptional

Martian day (sol) of the mission. Supply this or earth_date.

pageintegeroptionaldefault: 1

Result page (25 photos per page).

roverstringrequired

Mars rover name.

camerastringoptional

Camera abbreviation to filter by (e.g. FHAZ, RHAZ, MAST, NAVCAM).

earth_datestringoptional

Earth date, YYYY-MM-DD. Supply this or sol.

API Usage

curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/space/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer faro_<your_key>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "intent": {
    "prompt": "Show Curiosity rover photos from sol 1000"
  }
}'

CLI Usage

askfaro describe space/mars_rover_photos

Install pip install askfaro-cli, then askfaro auth login.