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APOD - NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day version history - 7 versions

APOD - NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day by Travis

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APOD - NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day version history - 7 versions
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  • Latest version

    Version 4.4.2

    Released Oct 2, 2026 - 2.11 MB
    Works with firefox 115.0 and later
    Fix issue with image loading

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Older versions

    Version 4.4.1

    Released Oct 2, 2026 - 2.11 MB
    Works with firefox 115.0 and later
    Updating the API to the new NASA APOD API

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 4.3.0

    Released Sep 8, 2026 - 2.1 MB
    Works with firefox 115.0 and later
    very new tab becomes NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day — a real photograph of
    the universe, with the story behind it.

    Since 1995, NASA has published one astronomy image every day, each written up by
    a professional astronomer. That's thousands of pictures: nebulae, galaxies, solar
    eclipses, aurorae, rovers, comets and deep field surveys. This extension puts
    them on the page you already open a hundred times a day.

    Your top sites stay in the top left, so the new tab keeps the usefulness of the
    default one.

    BROWSE THIRTY YEARS OF ARCHIVE
    • See today's picture, or open on a random one from the entire archive.
    • Show today's image a set number of times before switching to random — set the
      count in the options, and it resets each day.
    • Click the date in the title bar to jump to any day back to June 16, 1995.
    • Step through the archive a day at a time, forward or back.

    KEEP WHAT YOU LIKE
    • Save any image to Favorites and search back through them by title.
    • Every image you view is kept in a searchable history.
    • Move through images you have already seen with the Left and Right arrow keys.
    • Download the full-resolution image to your computer.

    BUILT FOR THE KEYBOARD

    Navigation:
    * Random APOD — 'r'
    * Today's APOD — 't'
    * Previous day — 'j'
    * Next day — 'k'

    Panels:
    * Explanation — 'e'
    * Favorites — 'f'
    * History — 'h'
    * Close panel — 'esc'

    OPTIONS
    • Open on today's picture or a random one.
    • Force full-resolution images, or let the standard image load when the HD file
      is taking too long.
    • Show or hide your top sites.
    • Set how many times today's image appears before random ones take over.

    PERMISSIONS
    • topSites — draws your most-visited shortcuts in the top left. Toggle it off in
      the options and they are not shown.
    • storage — saves your settings, favorites and viewing history on your own
      machine.
    • favicon — draws the shortcut icons from Chrome's local favicon cache, so your
      browsing data never leaves your computer.
    • downloads — optional, and only requested the first time you click Download.
    • api.nasa.gov — the only site this extension talks to, to fetch the daily image.

    No analytics, no tracking, no account.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 3.6

    Released Feb 9, 2022 - 523.63 KB
    Works with firefox 54.0 and later
    * Fixed API issue where images couldn't be found.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 3.5.1

    Released Apr 5, 2020 - 523.64 KB
    Works with firefox 54.0 and later
    Using a new API for data and added a history row of images at bottom of page (toggle this row in the options menubar item).

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 3.4.3

    Released Mar 7, 2020 - 526.61 KB
    Works with firefox 54.0 and later
    Removed all Google analytics tracking.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 3.4.2

    Released Mar 3, 2020 - 525.97 KB
    Works with firefox 54.0 and later
    Google analytics tracking has been completely removed.

    Source code released under MIT License

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