# NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

> Use this tool when you need to access daily astronomy images and their descriptions for educational or development purposes. It solves the problem of manually searching for NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day by providing a streamlined connection to the API within the Cursor IDE. It takes no input and outputs daily astronomy images and descriptions, making it ideal for developers working on astronomy-related projects or applications.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/liuwanglei-nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/liuwanglei-nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day

## Description

NASA APOD MCP Service provides access to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day API within the Cursor IDE. Developed by Simon Liu, this service allows users to retrieve daily astronomy images and their descriptions directly through the Cursor interface. Built with Node.js and Axios, it creates a streamlined connection to NASA's APOD data, making it valuable for developers working on astronomy-related projects, educational tools, or simply wanting to incorporate stunning space imagery into their applications without leaving their development environment.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.88
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/liuwanglei-nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/liuwanglei-tal/nasa-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "liuwanglei-nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/liuwanglei-nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/liuwanglei-nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day/pull`

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