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Astronomy Picture of the Day

GET /nasa/apod

Get NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), featuring a stunning space image or video along with a professional astronomer's explanation. Optionally specify a date to retrieve past entries. Running since 1995, APOD is one of the most popular science outreach programs. Ideal for science education apps, daily content feeds, desktop wallpaper apps, and space enthusiast communities.

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✨ NASA APOD

Parameters

date optional

Date

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/nasa/apod
Today's astronomy picture
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/nasa/apod
Picture from a specific date
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/nasa/apod?date=2026-04-15"
Picture from the Moon landing anniversary
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/nasa/apod?date=2025-07-20"

Live Response 

HTTP 502: {
  "error": "NASA API returned 429: %{\"error\" => %{\"code\" => \"OVER_RATE_LIMIT\", \"message\" => \"You have exceeded your rate limit. Try again later or contact us for assistance: https://api.nasa.gov:443\"}}",
  "success": false
}
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