NASA Mission Control Project 🚀

A full-stack MERN application built as part of the "Complete Node.js Developer" course by Andrei Neagoie (Zero to Mastery Academy) at Udemy. This project simulates a mission control dashboard that allows users to schedule launches to habitable exoplanets using real-world data.

🌟 Features

• Launch Scheduler: Schedule missions to Kepler Exoplanets.
• Mission History: View upcoming and past launches (utilizing SpaceX API data).
• Abort Launches: Cancel scheduled missions.
• Real Data:
  • Planets: Uses streams to parse Kepler telescope data and identify habitable worlds.
  • Launches: Interacts with a database to store mission data.

🏗️ Architecture & Tech Stack

This project follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern and separates the client and server for a clean production-ready structure.

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Frontend: React (served by the Express backend in production)
• DevOps: Docker, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), PM2 for cluster management.

📂 Structure

• client/: React frontend application.
• server/: Node.js Express API.

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm installed.
• MongoDB running locally or a MongoDB Atlas URI.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/RafaelMolyna/nasa_project.git](https://github.com/RafaelMolyna/nasa_project.git)
   cd nasa_project

2. Install dependencies: The root package.json contains scripts to install dependencies for both client and server.

   npm install

3. Run the application: You can run both the client and server concurrently using the included script:

   npm run watch

   • The API will run on PORT 8000.
   • The React app will typically run on PORT 3000.

4. Visit the App: Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

🧪 Testing

The project includes tests using Jest and Supertest.

npm test