Space Is Cool

Space is Awesome, get all the space data with this package

Install

pip install SPACEisCool

usage

Getting the next cool thing happening in space

from space import next_cool_thing
    
space_thing = next_cool_thing()
text = space_thing["description"]

output

{'date': 'On January 1, 2019 (2 months from now):',
 'description': 'New Horizons (the probe that took our best ever photos of '
                'Pluto) is still going strong. It will pass Kuiper Belt Object '
                '2014 MU69 at the start of 2019.',
 'event': 'new horizons will arrive at KBO 2014 MU69',
 'info': {'2014 MU69': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_MU69',
          'NASA': 'https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/',
          'best ever photos of Pluto': 'https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/edu_what_is_pluto_1.png'},
 'picture': 'http://spaceiscool.com/cool/new-horizons.png',
 'picture_credits': 'By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), '
                    'Applied Physics Laboratory - PEPSSI Instrument Tastes '
                    "Pluto's Atmosphere from the Applied Physics Laboratory "
                    'New Horizons website., Public Domain, '
                    'https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41340864'}

Getting info about astronauts in orbit

from space import next_cool_thing, astronauts_in_space

astronauts = astronauts_in_space()

output

{'message': 'success',
 'number': 3,
 'people': [{'craft': 'ISS', 'name': 'Sergey Prokopyev'},
            {'craft': 'ISS', 'name': 'Alexander Gerst'},
            {'craft': 'ISS', 'name': 'Serena Aunon-Chancellor'}]}

Wondering where the ISS is?

from space import iss

iss_data = iss()

import reverse_geocode

coordinates = (iss_data["iss_position"]["latitude"], iss_data[
    "iss_position"]["longitude"])

location = reverse_geocode.search([coordinates])

output

{'iss_position': {'latitude': '-51.4413', 'longitude': '-66.4392'},
 'message': 'success',
 'timestamp': 1541367222}
[{'country_code': 'AR', 'country': 'Argentina', 'city': 'San Julián'}]