
NASA APIs Explorer
A web app that integrates multiple NASA APIs to display astronomy images, media libraries, and Mars rover data.
The Course
This was another project from the same online course, focused on working with external APIs. I picked NASA because their APIs are genuinely interesting, and why not? From the name itself, yes, I used the NASA APIs.
The APIs
There are four main features. First is APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), where you pick a date and see the photo NASA captured that day. Second is a Mars weather app. Third is rover photos, where you pick a Mars rover and browse the photos it took on Mars. Fourth is the NASA media library, basically a search engine for NASA's image and video collection. That last one was my favorite to build. You search for something and actual NASA content comes up. It feels real in a way that other projects don't. This project was mainly about getting solid with the concept of working with external APIs, and it did exactly that.
