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NASA Mission Details & History Article Extractor

This skill fetches and parses pages from NASA's official website (www.nasa.gov), extracting structured data from mission details pages and history articles.

Supported Page Types

Mission Details Pages

URLs like https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-8-mission-details/

Extracts:

• Title & Description: Mission name and summary
• Mission Objective: Detailed objectives text
• Mission Highlights: Narrative of mission events
• Crew: Commander, pilots with roles
• Backup Crew: Backup astronauts with roles
• Payload: Spacecraft designation
• Prelaunch Milestones: Key dates before launch
• Launch: Date, time, pad, vehicle details
• Orbit: Altitude, inclination, duration, distance
• Landing: Date, time, location, recovery ship
• Images: Featured images with captions
• Dates: Publication and modification dates

History Articles

URLs like https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-13-and-14-crews/

Extracts:

• Title: Article headline
• Description: Meta description
• Author: Article author info
• Content: Full article text as paragraph array
• Related Terms: Tags/topics
• Images: Featured images with captions
• Dates: Publication and modification dates

Functions

fetch_mission_details

Parses NASA mission details pages and returns structured mission data.

Parameters:

• url (required): Full URL to a NASA mission details page

Example:

{
  "function": "fetch_mission_details",
  "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-8-mission-details/"
}

fetch_history_article

Parses NASA history/news article pages.

Parameters:

• url (required): Full URL to a NASA history article

Example:

{
  "function": "fetch_history_article",
  "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-13-and-14-crews/"
}

fetch_page_auto

Automatically detects page type and parses accordingly.

Parameters:

• url (required): Full URL to any NASA page

Example:

{
  "function": "fetch_page_auto",
  "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-11-mission-details/"
}

Output Structure

Mission Details Response

{
  "title": "Apollo 8: Mission Details - NASA",
  "description": "'Round the moon and back...'",
  "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-8-mission-details/",
  "date_published": "2009-07-08T16:26:00-04:00",
  "date_modified": "2023-12-14T17:58:36-05:00",
  "mission_objective": "The mission objectives for Apollo 8 included...",
  "mission_highlights": "Apollo 8 launched from Cape Kennedy on Dec. 21, 1968...",
  "crew": [
    {"name": "Frank Borman", "role": "Commander"},
    {"name": "William A. Anders", "role": "Lunar Module Pilot"},
    {"name": "James A. Lovell Jr.", "role": "Command Module Pilot"}
  ],
  "backup_crew": [
    {"name": "Neil Armstrong", "role": "Commander"},
    {"name": "Fred W. Haise Jr.", "role": "Lunar Module Pilot"},
    {"name": "Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.", "role": "Command Module Pilot"}
  ],
  "payload": "CSM-103",
  "prelaunch_milestones": ["12/24/67 – S-II stage ondock at Kennedy", ...],
  "launch": {
    "values": ["Dec. 21, 1968; 7:51 a.m. EST", "Launch Pad 39A", "Saturn-V AS-503", ...]
  },
  "orbit": {
    "Altitude": "118.82 miles",
    "Inclination": "32.509 degrees",
    "Orbits": "10 revolutions",
    "Duration": "six days, three hours, 42 seconds",
    "Distance": "579,606.9 miles"
  },
  "landing": {
    "values": ["Dec. 27, 1968; 10:52 a.m. EST", "Pacific Ocean"],
    "Recovery Ship": "USS Yorktown"
  },
  "images": [{"url": "...", "caption": "Apollo 8 Part 1"}],
  "page_type": "mission_details",
  "fetch_status": "success"
}

History Article Response

{
  "title": "50 Years Ago: NASA Names Apollo 13 and 14 Crews",
  "description": "On August 6, 1969, NASA formally announced...",
  "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/history/...",
  "date_published": "2019-08-06T...",
  "date_modified": "2023-...",
  "author": "John Uri, Johnson Space Center",
  "content": ["Paragraph 1...", "Paragraph 2...", ...],
  "related_terms": ["Apollo 13", "Apollo 14", ...],
  "images": [{"url": "...", "caption": "..."}],
  "page_type": "history_article",
  "fetch_status": "success"
}

Error Handling

The skill returns structured error responses:

{
  "error": "HTTP error: 404",
  "error_code": "HTTP_ERROR",
  "status_code": 404
}

Error codes:

• MISSING_URL: URL parameter not provided
• MISSING_FUNCTION: Function parameter not provided
• UNKNOWN_FUNCTION: Invalid function name
• INVALID_DOMAIN: URL is not from www.nasa.gov
• HTTP_ERROR: HTTP request failed
• TIMEOUT: Request timed out
• NETWORK_ERROR: Network connectivity issue
• PARSE_ERROR: Failed to parse page content

Data Sources

This skill extracts data from:

• JSON-LD structured data embedded in pages
• HTML semantic markup (headings, paragraphs)
• Meta tags for descriptions
• Image schema data for images

Limitations

• Only supports pages from www.nasa.gov domain
• Mission details extraction requires standard page structure
• Some dynamic content may not be captured
• Rate limiting may apply; use responsibly

Tested URLs

• https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-8-mission-details/
• https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-10-mission-details/
• https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-13-and-14-crews/