Mars Rover Imagery MCP. Query 800K+ Photos by Date or Camera Type

This server gives your AI client direct access to over 800,000 photos captured by Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit on the Martian surface. You'll pull deep planetary science analysis using precise parameters.

get_mars_photos_by_date: Use this tool when you need photos from a specific Earth date; just give it the calendar date (like 2010-12-31) and it handles the conversion, which is way easier than figuring out the sol number yourself.

get_mars_photos: This lets you filter images using two strict parameters: a specific sol number and one of several camera types (like FHAZ or MAST). You can pull only those FHAZ shots or those MAST views that were taken on Sol 1500.

get_mars_latest: Need to know what's happening right now? This tool immediately retrieves the most recent images and operational status from rovers currently active, such as Curiosity.

get_mars_manifest: When you need a full overview of every single data parameter available for any rover in the archive—the whole mission timeline—you call get_mars_manifest. It gives you an essential map of all potential datasets.

The images themselves come from several specialized cameras:

FHAZ: This is the front hazard camera view.
RHAZ: This captures the rear hazard camera view.
NAVCAM: You'll get navigation imaging data.
MAST/PANCAM: Use this for panoramic shots across the landscape.
CHEMCAM: It provides photos of targets used for chemical analysis.
MAHLI: This tool handles hand lens imagery capture.
MARDI: This captures footage from the descent sequence.

When you use get_mars_photos, you can narrow your search by specifying which camera captured the shot (e.g., FHAZ shots) and then limit it further with a specific sol number, allowing for really deep filtering into the archive's history.

If you want to structure an entire mission timeline, get_mars_manifest gives you that full manifest of available data parameters for any rover recorded in the system. You can use this to map out what kind of data was collected by Opportunity or Spirit at various points in their missions.

To get a quick snapshot of current operations and new images, you just hit up get_mars_latest. This gives you an immediate readout on rovers that are still going.

For historical analysis, if you know the exact calendar date—say, December 31st, 2010—you use get_mars_photos_by_date to pull up all relevant pictures from any of the three rovers without needing to calculate a corresponding sol number. This saves you serious headache.

The combination of get_mars_photos and get_mars_manifest lets you build complex data queries. You can cross-reference a specific camera type (like MAST) with a range of sol numbers, giving you hard counts on the total photos sent back before communication loss occurred. The system gives you access to deep mission statistics for all three vehicles—Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit.

By combining date filtering (get_mars_photos_by_date) with specific camera-type/sol number filtering (get_mars_photos), your agent can pull highly segmented datasets. You'll get images from the 2012 era up through recent captures, all governed by these precise retrieval tools.