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NASA Technical Reports Server

NASA's technical report library (NTRS, 650,000+ citations from 1917 on) over its keyless public API: search reports by text, author, NASA center, report type, subject and publication date; read one citation with authors, abstract, center, report numbers, DOI, publication, meetings, funding numbers, copyright determination and PDF links; and read the extracted full text of public-use documents in byte windows.

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1Request
string

NTRS citation id (digits), such as 19830007081.

string

An https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/<id> or /api/citations/<id> URL.

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "ntrs-nasa-gov",
    capability: "technical-reports/get_report",
    options: {
      id: "19830007081",
    },
  },
});
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{
  "abstract": "Automation of lunar mining and manufacturing facility maintenance and repair is addressed. Designing the factory as an automated, multiproduct, remotely controlled, reprogrammable Lunar Manufacturing Facility capable of constructing duplicates of itself which would themselves be capable of further replication is proposed.",
  "authors": [],
  "center": {
    "code": "CDMS",
    "name": "Legacy CDMS"
  },
  "copyright": "GOV_PUBLIC_USE_PERMITTED",
  "distribution_date": "2016-06-06",
  "doi": null,
  "downloads": [
    {
      "fulltext_url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19830007081/downloads/19830007081.txt",
      "mimetype": "application/pdf",
      "name": "19830007081.pdf",
      "original_url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19830007081/downloads/19830007081.pdf",
      "pdf_url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19830007081/downloads/19830007081.pdf",
      "type": "STI"
    }
  ],
  "fulltext_permitted": true,
  "funding_numbers": [],
  "has_fulltext": true,
  "id": "19830007081",
  "keywords": [],
  "meetings": [],
  "modified": "2025-08-31T18:39:21.7150190+00:00",
  "observed_at_ms": 1794421800000,
  "pdf_url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19830007081/downloads/19830007081.pdf",
  "publication": {
    "date": "1982-11-01",
    "issn": null,
    "issue": null,
    "name": "Advan. Automation for Space Missions",
    "publisher": null,
    "url": null,
    "volume": null
  },
  "published": "1982-11-01",
  "related": [
    {
      "id": "19830007077",
      "relation": "ANALYTIC_PRIMARY",
      "report_type": "CONFERENCE_PROCEEDINGS",
      "title": "Advanced Automation for Space Missions"
    }
  ],
  "report_numbers": [],
  "report_type": "CONFERENCE_PAPER",
  "report_type_label": "Conference Paper",
  "source_url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19830007081",
  "subjects": [
    "Spacecraft Instrumentation"
  ],
  "title": "Replicating systems concepts: Self-replicating lunar factory and demonstration",
  "url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830007081"
}

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