NASA MCP connector
NASA is the space agency's open data platform providing access to astronomy imagery, near-Earth object tracking, and space weather information. The NASA MCP connector allows AI agents to retrieve the Astronomy Picture of the Day, look up and browse asteroid data, and monitor near-Earth object feeds. It also supports pulling space weather events from the DONKI database, including coronal mass ejections, solar flares, interplanetary shocks, and radiation belt enhancements.
Authentication type
- API Key - Requires a static API key to be configured before the agent can connect to the service.
Uses
Use the NASA MCP connector to perform the following actions:
- Track near-Earth asteroids to assess potential collision risks
- Monitor solar storms and space weather events affecting satellites
- Retrieve daily astronomy imagery to enrich educational content
- Analyze coronal mass ejections to anticipate geomagnetic disturbances
- Access historical satellite imagery for environmental and land-use research
- Search asteroid datasets by size, orbit, and hazard classification
- Deliver space weather alerts to operations teams in real time
- Combine solar flare and radiation data for aerospace risk planning
Example prompts
Use the following example prompts to invoke NASA MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:
Show me today's astronomy picture of the day from NASA.List any asteroids passing close to Earth this week.Look up details on asteroid 2015 TB145 from NASA's database.Find all large asteroids discovered in the last five years.Check for any solar flares recorded by NASA in the past month.Show recent coronal mass ejection events tracked by NASA.Get satellite imagery of the Amazon rainforest from NASA.Alert me to any new NASA space weather notifications today.Show interplanetary shock events NASA recorded this year.Get NASA's radiation belt enhancement data for the last quarter.
NASA MCP connector tools
The NASA MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| getAstronomyPictureOfTheDay | Get Astronomy Picture of the Day |
| getAsteroidNeoFeed | Get Near Earth Object feed |
| getAsteroidNeoLookup | Look up specific asteroid |
| browseAsteroidNeos | Browse asteroid dataset |
| getDonkiCoronalMassEjection | Get DONKI Coronal Mass Ejection data |
| getDonkiInterplanetaryShock | Get DONKI Interplanetary Shock data |
| getDonkiSolarFlare | Get DONKI Solar Flare data |
| getDonkiSolarEnergeticParticle | Get DONKI Solar Energetic Particle data |
| getDonkiMagnetopauseCrossing | Get DONKI Magnetopause Crossing data |
| getDonkiRadiationBeltEnhancement | Get DONKI Radiation Belt Enhancement data |
| getDonkiHighSpeedStream | Get DONKI High Speed Stream data |
| getDonkiWsaEnlilSimulation | Get DONKI WSA+EnlilSimulation data |
| getDonkiNotifications | Get DONKI Notifications |
| getEarthImagery | Get Earth imagery |
| getEarthAssets | Get Earth assets |
