Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA)
A responsive gallery app that consumes NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API, providing a seamless and immersive browsing experience for space enthusiasts.
Project demonstration video
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Project Screenshots
Landing page showing the latest NASA astronomy photo of the day. Landing page showing the latest NASA astronomy photo of the day.
Detailed photo page with metadata and explanation text. Detailed photo page with metadata and explanation text.
Project Background
NASA's APOD site is powerful but not user-friendly. I built a React-based app that fetches the API daily, caches results, and displays them in a responsive gallery. The outcome: a smoother browsing experience for space enthusiasts. This was also my sandbox for mastering API consumption, error handling, and responsive layouts.
Video Demonstrations
Demonstration of app responsiveness on mobile devices. Demonstration of app responsiveness on mobile devices.
Browsing experience on desktop screens. Browsing experience on desktop screens.
End-to-end demo browsing NASA’s APOD gallery. End-to-end demo browsing NASA’s APOD gallery.
Project Summary
Beautiful gallery of NASA's daily space photos. Clean, mobile-friendly interface without the clutter. Perfect for space enthusiasts and educators.