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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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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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Course Overview

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 ...Show More

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

Course Content

Introduction

2 Lessons

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

Introduction to the Course

Getting Started with NASA APIs

Earth and Mars

4 Lessons

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

Near-Earth Asteroids

Hazardous Events Using the EONET API

Observe Earth Using the EPIC API

Mars Rover Photos

NASA APIs for Media Content

2 Lessons

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

Featured Images Using APOD API

NASA's Image and Video Library

API Integration in React

1 Lessons

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

Demo Application

Conclusion

1 Lessons

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

Wrap Up

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