NASA MCP Server - Inspector Test Examples

May 12, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

This document provides example requests you can copy and paste into the MCP Inspector to test each of the NASA APIs implemented in our server.

Running the Inspector

To run the MCP Inspector with our NASA MCP server:

# Run the provided script
./scripts/test-with-inspector.sh

# Or run manually
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

Table of Contents

Server Information

Get the manifest of available APIs:

{
  "method": "tools/manifest",
  "params": {}
}

NASA APIs

APOD

Get the Astronomy Picture of the Day:

{
  "method": "nasa/apod",
  "params": {
    "date": "2023-01-01"
  }
}

Get a random APOD:

{
  "method": "nasa/apod",
  "params": {
    "count": 1
  }
}

EPIC

Get the latest EPIC images:

{
  "method": "nasa/epic",
  "params": {
    "collection": "natural"
  }
}

NEO

Get Near Earth Objects for a date range:

{
  "method": "nasa/neo",
  "params": {
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-01-02"
  }
}

GIBS

Get a satellite imagery layer:

{
  "method": "nasa/gibs",
  "params": {
    "layer": "MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor",
    "date": "2023-01-01"
  }
}

CMR

Basic collection search:

{
  "method": "nasa/cmr",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "hurricane",
    "limit": 2
  }
}

Advanced collection search with spatial parameters:

{
  "method": "nasa/cmr",
  "params": {
    "search_type": "collections",
    "platform": "Terra",
    "bbox": "-180,-90,180,90",
    "limit": 5,
    "include_facets": true
  }
}

Granule search:

{
  "method": "nasa/cmr",
  "params": {
    "search_type": "granules",
    "concept_id": "C1000000000-ORNL_DAAC",
    "limit": 3
  }
}

FIRMS

Get fire data:

{
  "method": "nasa/firms",
  "params": {
    "area": "world",
    "days": 1
  }
}

NASA Images

Search NASA's image library:

{
  "method": "nasa/images",
  "params": {
    "q": "apollo 11",
    "media_type": "image",
    "year_start": 1969,
    "year_end": 1970
  }
}

Exoplanet

Search for exoplanets:

{
  "method": "nasa/exoplanet",
  "params": {
    "select": "pl_name,pl_masse,st_dist",
    "where": "pl_masse>1",
    "order": "pl_masse",
    "limit": 5
  }
}

DONKI

Get Coronal Mass Ejection data:

{
  "method": "nasa/donki",
  "params": {
    "type": "cme",
    "startDate": "2022-01-01",
    "endDate": "2022-01-10"
  }
}

Mars Rover

Get photos from Mars Perseverance:

{
  "method": "nasa/mars-rover",
  "params": {
    "rover": "perseverance",
    "sol": 100
  }
}

EONET

Get natural event data:

{
  "method": "nasa/eonet",
  "params": {
    "category": "wildfires",
    "days": 20,
    "status": "open"
  }
}

Sounds

Get space sounds:

{
  "method": "nasa/sounds",
  "params": {
    "q": "voyager",
    "limit": 3
  }
}

POWER

Get solar and meteorological data:

{
  "method": "nasa/power",
  "params": {
    "parameters": "T2M,PRECTOTCORR,WS10M",
    "community": "re",
    "latitude": 40.7128,
    "longitude": -74.0060,
    "start": "20220101",
    "end": "20220107"
  }
}

JPL APIs

SBDB

Query the Small-Body Database:

{
  "method": "jpl/sbdb",
  "params": {
    "sstr": "433",
    "full_precision": true
  }
}

Fireball

Get fireball data:

{
  "method": "jpl/fireball",
  "params": {
    "date_min": "2022-01-01",
    "limit": 5
  }
}

Scout

Get Scout data:

{
  "method": "jpl/scout",
  "params": {}
}