Mast Nasa vs Spaceflight News
A side-by-side look at the Mast Nasa and Spaceflight News MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Mast Nasa for aerospace & astrodynamics work as a local process; choose Spaceflight News for aerospace & astrodynamics as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Mast Nasa when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Aerospace & Astrodynamics domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
cone_search, mission_search, caom.
Choose Spaceflight News when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Aerospace & Astrodynamics domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
search_articles, get_article, latest_reports.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Aerospace & Astrodynamics | Aerospace & Astrodynamics |
| Quality signal | 59/100 · Good | 44/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | 4 |
| Full listing | View Mast Nasa | View Spaceflight News |
Tools & capabilities
Mast Nasa tools 4
cone_searchSearch MAST around (RA, Dec).mission_searchMission-scoped search with arbitrary criteria.caomGeneric CAOM (Common Archive Observation Model) query.lookup_nameResolve target name → coords.
Spaceflight News tools 4
search_articlesFull-text search spaceflight news articles aggregated from dozens of sources (Spaceflight Now, NASASpaceflight, NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, ESA, and more). Filter by source, publish date, and featured status. Newest first. Keyless.get_articleGet a single spaceflight news article by its numeric id, with the full untruncated summary plus any associated launches and events. Keyless.latest_reportsLatest long-form spaceflight mission reports (longer than standard news articles), newest first. Keyless.list_sourcesList every news source the Spaceflight News API aggregates, plus the API version. Use the names to filter search_articles by news_site. Keyless.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Mast Nasa
{
"mcpServers": {
"mast-nasa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-mast-nasa"
]
}
}
}
Spaceflight News
{
"mcpServers": {
"spaceflight-news": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-spaceflight-news"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Mast Nasa is categorized under Aerospace & Astrodynamics and uses a local stdio subprocess. Spaceflight News belongs to Aerospace & Astrodynamics and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Mast Nasa for aerospace & astrodynamics work and Spaceflight News for aerospace & astrodynamics.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Mast Nasa has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Spaceflight News has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add mast-nasa and spaceflight-news as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Mast Nasa has a quality signal of 59/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Spaceflight News has 44/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.