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NASA Picture of the Day
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NASA Picture of the Day is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) — a space image or video with title, explanation, and direct media URL — for today or any past date.
Price / call$0.002
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
One featured space image or video per day, with a written explanation, media type, and direct image URL, as structured JSON. Optional date param retrieves any past day's picture. Built for content-generation agents, daily-newsletter bots, and novelty/education feeds that want a fresh space visual with zero curation effort.
Output
Returns a JSON object containing the media type (image or video), direct URL to the media, a title, a written explanation from NASA, and the date. Suitable for embedding in newsletters, feeds, or educational content with zero additional curation.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Can you grab NASA's astronomy picture of the day for today and show me the image and its explanation?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://x402.forgemesh.io/nasa-picture-todayWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, ready-to-publish space image or video with a written explanation for any given date — ideal for daily newsletter bots, educational feeds, or content-generation agents that want zero curation overhead. Prefer this over building a direct NASA APOD integration when you want a simple paid-per-call model without managing API keys.
Side effects
- Invalid date format (not YYYY-MM-DD) returns an error
- Date before June 16, 1995 (first APOD) has no data
- NASA upstream API unavailability causes failure
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | Date to fetch, YYYY-MM-DD. Omit for today's picture. |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": {
"url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/ngc300_1024.jpg",
"date": "2026-07-16",
"hdurl": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/ngc300.jpg",
"title": "NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds",
"media_type": "image",
"explanation": "This sparkling, colorful gemstone is a spiral galaxy, NGC 300..."
},
"attribution": "NASA APOD (public domain)"
}
}Tags
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