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Track Space Missions

Stay updated on space missions with NASA imagery and daily astronomical highlights.

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Space exploration generates stunning imagery and fascinating data every day, but most of it is buried in agency websites and scientific databases. Educators, content creators, and space enthusiasts want to stay current with missions and discoveries without spending hours searching NASA archives.

The picture_of_the_day skill provides curated NASA imagery with detailed scientific explanations. Each image comes with context about what it shows, why it matters, and what mission or telescope captured it. This is a daily window into ongoing space exploration and astronomical discoveries.

Science communicators use this for social media content. Teachers use it to start each class with a real image from space. Journalists use it to stay on top of missions and discoveries. Anyone fascinated by space gets a professionally curated, explained image every day without having to hunt for it.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude: "Get today's NASA picture of the day using space-data"
  3. Claude returns the image with a detailed explanation
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ChatGPT

  1. Configure ToolRouter in ChatGPT
  2. Ask: "Show me NASA's picture of the day and explain it"
  3. ChatGPT returns the image with rich scientific context
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Get today's NASA APOD data using space-data"
  3. Copilot returns structured image and description data
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask OpenClaw: "Get today's NASA picture of the day"
  3. OpenClaw returns the image with its scientific explanation
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