`search_articles`

Pack: spaceflight-news · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_articles for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Full-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.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`search`	string	no	Full-text query, e.g. “starship”, “artemis”, “mars sample return”. Optional — omit to list recent articles.
`news_site`	string	no	Filter to a single source name, e.g. “Spaceflight Now”, “NASASpaceflight”. Use list_sources to discover names.
`published_after`	string	no	Only articles published on/after this ISO date or datetime, e.g. “2026-01-01” or “2026-01-01T00:00:00Z”.
`limit`	number	no	Max articles to return (default 10, max 25).
`featured_only`	boolean	no	If true, return only editorially featured articles.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "search": "starship"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spaceflight-news/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_articles","arguments":{"search":"starship"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_articles', {
  "search": "starship"
});

More examples

{
  "search": "artemis",
  "published_after": "2026-01-01",
  "limit": 15,
  "featured_only": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the spaceflight-news pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spaceflight-news": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spaceflight-news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_articles