io.github.mrfentmen/nasa-epic-mcp

nasa-epic-mcp

Is the io.github.mrfentmen/nasa-epic-mcp MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-31.

Earth photos from the NASA EPIC camera on DSCOVR. No key required.

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-10-31

2tools

226tokens in Claude Opus 5.5

0.1 %of Claude's 200k window

0.1×the median server

228 msto initialize

6 msto list tools

Run it: npx -y nasa-epic-mcp@1.0.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host: npmjs.com
Reports itself as: nasa-epic-mcp 1.0.0
Capabilities: tools
Instructions: none
Of a 1M window: <0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count: 226 tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-17. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 256. The o200k_base estimate is 123. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/nasa-epic-mcp
Registry: active, updated 2026-09-21 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.84×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
date	123	67	54 %
latest	103	56	46 %

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