Nasa Data Explorer

This project provides a visualisation for both the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) and satellite orbit paths from TLEs, through data provided by NASA APIs, which can be accessed here.

Example Screenshots

APOD

Satellite Orbit

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before running, make sure you have the latest version of node installed with:

npm install -g npm@latest

Installation

1. Obtain an API key from https://api.nasa.gov/
2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/bazir21/NasaDataExplorer.git
   

3. Install NPM packages for both frontend and backend

   cd frontend
   npm install
   
   cd backend
   npm install
   

4. Create a .env file in the ./backend/ folder and enter your API key like the following

   API_KEY = YOUR_API_KEY
   

Running the Project

Once all the prerequisites are done, you have to run both the frontend and backend

• frontend

  cd frontend
  npm start
  

• backend

  cd backend
  npm run dev
  

Once both are running, you can access the frontend through http://localhost:3000/

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.