Exploring Space with NASA APIs in Python
Beginner
10 Lessons
1h 30min
Certificate of Completion
Takeaway Skills
Get introduced to NASA APIs.
Learn how to get information about near-Earth asteroids and earthly events.
Learn to fetch Mars rover images using the NASA APIs.
Learn to access NASA images and videos using the NASA APIs.
Look at how to integrate the NASA APIs in a Django application.
Course Overview
Space has long captured our imaginations and is a large factor in many developer stories and interest in technology. This course will help you explore space using NASA’s public data archives. You’ll first set up an account to generate a unique API key. You’ll then walk through five different APIs. The Asteroid NeoWs API will help you retrieve data about near-earth asteroids. Turn your gaze from space back to Earth by using the EONET API to retrieve data regarding hazardous and the EPIC API to retrieve colo...Show More
Course Content
Introduction
Earth and Mars
NASA APIs for Media Content
API Integration in Django
Conclusion
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