About - NASA Open Data Portal

Data.nasa.gov: A catalog of publicly available NASA datasets

What is Data.nasa.gov?

Data.nasa.gov is NASA’s publicly available metadata repository, hosting diverse datasets related to science, space exploration, aeronautics, and more. Making NASA’s metadata publicly accessible, in compliance with the OPEN Government Data Act, fosters transparency, collaboration, and scientific advancement. Most dataset pages only house metadata for each dataset. Typically, actual data is hosted on other NASA archive sites but now data.nasa.gov will have that metadata and the links to data that exists in other locations.

Who Benefits?

Data.nasa.gov
Individuals searching information about open datasets for science, development, research, education, or space enthusiasts.
Anyone passionate about space, science, or data-driven exploration.
NASA personnel seeking to support compliance with the Open Government Data Act

Do You Want to Upload New NASA Datasets?

What is the NASA Open Data Publishing Service?

This service allows NASA personnel to store public, authoritative, authoritative datasets in the cloud while automatically cataloging, minting digital object identifiers, and applying data governance best practices to hosted datasets. Any interested parties, internal or external to NASA, can download data from data.nasa.gov.

Who Benefits?

NASA personnel seeking a secure method to store and manage public datasets.
Data stewards looking to ensure their datasets follow best practices.
NASA personnel who make data openly available ensuring governance.

Why Use These Services?

Open Access to Scientific Data:
NASA is committed to the principle of open data; therefore, its vast collection of scientific data publicly available. This empowers researchers, scientists, educators, and the public to access and utilize this information.
Advancing Scientific Research:
By providing open access to its data, NASA facilitates and accelerates scientific discovery. Researchers worldwide can use NASA's data to conduct studies, analyze trends, and develop new theories.
Enabling Educational Opportunities:
NASA's data portal offers generous educational resources for students and educators. Teachers can use NASA's data to create engaging lessons, and students can explore real-world scientific data.
Driving Innovation and Technological Development:
NASA's data has led to numerous technological advancements and innovations. Companies and entrepreneurs use NASA's data to develop new products and services, contributing to economic growth.
Monitoring Earth and Space:
NASA's data is essential for monitoring Earth, weather patterns, and natural disasters and crucial understanding of the universe and exploring space.
Promoting Transparency and Public Engagement:
Data.nasa.gov promotes NASA’s transparency and accountability and engages the public in scientific exploration and discovery.

For NASA only new Open Dataset requests, submit a Dataset Management request in the IDAS Service Intake Portal.

For all other support requests, please send the NASA Data Support Team an email.

What type of data is available on Data.nasa.gov?

There are thousands of public datasets on data.nasa.gov.

To give the public a better understanding of the different types of datasets available, a data visualization page has been created entirely dedicated to helping our users gain a better understanding as to what kind of data they can expect to find.

Take me to the visualization page

Open Dataset Resources Tied to Data.nasa.gov

NASA datasets are available through a number of different websites, not just data.nasa.gov.

Open-Innovation Program

Data.nasa.gov is the dataset-focused site of NASA's OCIO (Office of the Chief Information Officer) open-innovation program. There are also API.nasa.gov and Code.nasa.gov for APIs and Code, respectively.

Open Innovation Sites

code.nasa.gov
A page that contains information on links to all open-sourced NASA code projects.
api.nasa.gov
A clearinghouse site for information about NASA APIs. Acts as a passthrough site to NASA APIs elsewhere. Request a key and get to work!
data.nasa.gov (this site)
NASA's central open-data site for the public. Aggregates data from different archives and datasets not available anywhere else.

Other NASA Data Sites and Science Archives

Additionally, NASA has a number of data archives, often geared around providing the public with datasets from a particular domain, field of science, or mission.

The site nasa.gov/open/data has a good overview of all the various science and mission data sites.

A few key links:

NASA Technical Reports Server

You might also be interested in NASA technical reports, publications, or presentations. These are found on the NASA Technical Reports Server or NTRS, which is managed by NASA's STI Compliance and Distribution Services.

A few key links:

Code and data from all US federal agencies

Code.gov and data.gov are aggregator sites run by GSA (General Services Administration) that collect open-data and open-code from across all U.S. federal government agencies. Code.nasa.gov and Data.nasa.gov feed into code.gov and data.gov, respectively. Data.gov has an APIs for working with their datasets that make them worth checking out even if you're strictly interested in NASA data.

A few key links: