SpaceX API (unofficial)
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Launches, rockets, capsules and Starlink data from the community SpaceX API.
NASA APIs are wonderful — and rate-limited hard (the demo key allows 30 requests an hour, and even registered keys cap at 1,000 an hour), with occasional slow responses. For space and astronomy data with room to breathe, these NASA alternatives cover launches, the ISS, imagery and research papers.
Astronomy picture of the day, Mars rovers, asteroids and more. DEMO_KEY works instantly.
Launches, rockets, capsules and Starlink data from the community SpaceX API.
Where is the International Space Station right now? One tiny JSON answers it.
Search NASA's entire image and video archive — no key needed.
The unofficial SpaceX API for launch data (keyless, fast, community-loved), Open Notify for live ISS position, and the NASA Image Library itself when what you need is pictures, not JSON variety.