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Exploring Space with NASA APIs in Python

Explore space with NASA APIs using Python. Learn to retrieve and manipulate data from multiple APIs, build a Django app, and gain insights into NASA’s data archives.

10 Lessons
1h 30min
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • 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.

Learning Roadmap

10 Lessons

1.

Introduction

Introduction

Get familiar with NASA APIs, their applications, and key concepts in Python.

2.

Earth and Mars

Earth and Mars

Discover NASA API data on near-Earth asteroids, Earth events, and Mars rover photos.

3.

NASA APIs for Media Content

NASA APIs for Media Content

2 Lessons

2 Lessons

Work your way through accessing NASA's media via APOD and Image Library APIs.
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Author NameExploring Space with NASAAPIs in Python
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
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 color images of Earth. Next, you’ll pull surface photos of Mars using the Mars Rover Photo API before pulling images and metadata for NASA’s photo of the day using the APOD API and any other media from using the Image and Video Library API. You’ll finish your exploration of space by bundling all of your astronomical data and photos into a fully functional Django application. By the end of this course, you’ll have a working knowledge of NASA’s various APIs and the ability to explore space in an application.

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