Space News
liveSpaceNewsFetch the latest spaceflight news articles and blog posts from the Spaceflight News API
3tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day
Tools
get_articlesFetch the latest spaceflight news articles sorted by publication date. Returns title, summary, URL, image, and source.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
limitoptnumberNumber of articles to return (default 10, max 100)Try it
Response
search_articlesrequired: querySearch spaceflight news articles by keyword. Returns matching articles with title, summary, URL, and publication date.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryreqstringSearch query (e.g. "SpaceX Starship launch")limitoptnumberNumber of results to return (default 10, max 100)Try it
Response
get_blogsFetch the latest spaceflight blog posts sorted by publication date. Returns title, summary, URL, image, and source.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
limitoptnumberNumber of blog posts to return (default 10, max 100)Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spacenews/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spacenews/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_articles","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_articles", {});ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("fetch the latest spaceflight news articles and blog posts from the spaceflight news api");