Simple Python interface to NASA datasets

pyNASA provides a simple interface to obtain seveal NASA datasets and return them as a pandas dataframe ready to use. It currently retrieves the data every time it is requested. A local caching mechanism will be added soon!

Available datasets and corresponding methods

• Meteorite Landings meteorite()
• Near-Earth Comets - Orbital Elements comets()
• Global Landslide Catalog Export landslides()
• NASA Facilities facilities()
• Fireball And Bolide Reports bolide()
• WISE NEA/COMET DISCOVERY STATISTICS comet_discovery()
• Outgassing Db outgassing()
• Open Source And General Resource Software open_source()
• NASA Patents patents()
• Extra-vehicular Activity (EVA) - US and Russia eva()
• Candida albicans response to spaceflight (NASA STS-115) — GSM1231690_Slide_43 candida_albicans()
• SxSW 2016 Leads sxsw_2016()
• A E- GEOD-50881 Gene Chip Assay — Candida albicans response to spaceflight (NASA STS-115) gene_chip_assay()
• BeXRB Monitor Data bexrb_monitor()
• S E- GEOD-50881 Study Samples — Candida albicans response to spaceflight (NASA STS-115) geod_50881()

Installation

pip install pyNASA

Usage

Simplest example:

from pyNASA import pyNASA

nasa = pyNASA()
data = nasa.outgassing() # Retrieve the "Outgassing Db" dataset as a pandas data frame

print(data.shape)