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Exploring Space with NASA APIs in JavaScript

Explore NASA's public data using JavaScript. Gain insights into retrieving images, asteroid data, and more through NASA APIs, culminating in a functional React application.
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NASA APIs provide programmatic access to the data in the public archives of NASA, such as the images captured by Mars Rovers and Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). This course will help you explore space using NASA's public data archives. You'll be provided with a step-by-step guide on how to sign up for an account and retrieve the access keys. The Asteroid NeoWs API will help you retrieve data about near-earth asteroids. You’ll also use the EONET API to retrieve data regarding hazards and the EPIC API to retrieve colored images of the Earth. Next, you'll pull surface photos of Mars using the Mars Rover Photo API and move on to pulling images and metadata for NASA's photo of the day using the APOD API and media from NASA's archives using the Image and Video Library API. You'll finish by bundling astronomical data and photos into a fully functional React application. By the end of this course, you'll have a working knowledge of various NASA APIs and the ability to integrate them in a React application.
NASA APIs provide programmatic access to the data in the public archives of NASA, such as the images captured by Mars Rovers and...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Familiarity with the NASA APIs and the different endpoints they offer
An understanding of how to get information about near-Earth asteroids and earthly events
The ability to fetch Mars rover images using the NASA APIs
An understanding of how to access NASA images and videos
Hands-on experience integrating NASA APIs in a React application
Familiarity with the NASA APIs and the different endpoints they offer

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Content

1.

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with using NASA APIs to explore space data in JavaScript.

2.

Earth and Mars

4 Lessons

Walk through NASA's APIs for tracking asteroids, natural events, and capturing Earth and Mars images.

3.

NASA APIs for Media Content

2 Lessons

Go hands-on with NASA's APOD API and Image Library for media content.

4.

API Integration in React

1 Lessons

Apply your skills to integrate NASA APIs in a React demo application effectively.

5.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Take a look at the achievements and future steps after completing this NASA APIs course.
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