Our Data Sources
Every number on Portal Astra comes from a real API. Here is exactly where.
NASA APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod
Updated daily at midnight UTC. The image and explanation on our Space tab come directly from this feed.
NASA DONKI (Space Weather)
kauai.ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/DONKI
Solar flare and geomagnetic storm data powering our Solar tab. Updated in near real time.
NASA EPIC (Earth Imagery)
api.nasa.gov/EPIC
Full disc Earth images taken by the DSCOVR spacecraft at the L1 Lagrange point, 1.5 million km away.
NASA NeoWs (Near Earth Objects)
api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1
Asteroid close approach data. Updated daily from JPL Horizons.
Portal Astra uses the NASA Open APIs under the Creative Commons licence. Data is provided as-is for educational and informational purposes.