Launch Instance
API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/
GET: Return a list of all Launch objects.
FILTERS: Fields - 'name', 'id(s)', 'lsp_id', 'lsp_name', 'serial_number', 'launcher_config__id', 'rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name'
MODE: 'normal', 'list', 'detailed' EXAMPLE: ?mode=list
SEARCH: Searches through the launch name, rocket name, launch agency, mission name & spacecraft name. EXAMPLE - ?search=SpaceX
GET /2.0.0/launch/3a26da85-1135-4784-b55a-6c5185e0aab6/?format=api
{ "id": "3a26da85-1135-4784-b55a-6c5185e0aab6", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/3a26da85-1135-4784-b55a-6c5185e0aab6/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "spaceshiptwo-galactic-03", "name": "SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 03", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "window_end": "2023-09-08T23:00:00Z", "window_start": "2023-09-08T14:00:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "featured": false, "type": "Private", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "VG", "description": "Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.", "administrator": "Founder: Richard Branson", "founding_year": "2004", "launchers": "VMS Eve", "spacecraft": "VSS Enterprise | VSS Unity", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 67, "consecutive_successful_launches": 11, "successful_launches": 62, "failed_launches": 5, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.virgingalactic.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520galactic_logo_20230509082346.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin_galactic_image_20210522131723.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520galactic_nation_20230617045127.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 7997, "configuration": { "id": 465, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/465/?format=api", "name": "SpaceShipTwo", "description": "The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.", "family": "", "full_name": "SpaceShipTwo", "manufacturer": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "featured": false, "type": "Private", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "VG", "description": "Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.", "administrator": "Founder: Richard Branson", "founding_year": "2004", "launchers": "VMS Eve", "spacecraft": "VSS Enterprise | VSS Unity", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 67, "consecutive_successful_launches": 11, "successful_launches": 62, "failed_launches": 5, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.virgingalactic.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520galactic_logo_20230509082346.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin_galactic_image_20210522131723.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520galactic_nation_20230617045127.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 1, "max_stage": 1, "length": 18.0, "diameter": 8.2, "maiden_flight": "2010-10-10", "launch_mass": 9, "leo_capacity": 0, "gto_capacity": 0, "to_thrust": 310, "apogee": 110, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spaceshiptwo_image_20210522140909.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipTwo", "total_launch_count": 67, "consecutive_successful_launches": 11, "successful_launches": 62, "failed_launches": 5, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 815, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/815/?format=api", "mission_end": "2023-09-08T15:36:00Z", "destination": "Suborbital", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 4789, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 760, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/760/?format=api", "name": "Nicola Pecile", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1973-03-11", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Italian", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/nicolapecile", "instagram": null, "bio": "Former fighter pilot and experimental test pilot for the Italian Air Force, now pilot at Virgin Galactic.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nicola_pecile_image_20230508155154.jpg", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-04-26T13:47:00Z" } }, { "id": 4790, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 679, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/679/?format=api", "name": "Michael Masucci", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_masucci_image_20220911034628.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Masucci", "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2013-12-11T12:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 4793, "role": "Instructor", "astronaut": { "id": 688, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/688/?format=api", "name": "Colin Bennett", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Colin Bennett is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways before joining Virgin Galactic in 2015 where he now acts as Lead Astronaut Instructor.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/colin_bennett_image_20230626124901.png", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z" } }, { "id": 4797, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 773, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/773/?format=api", "name": "Adrian Reynard", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1951-03-23", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "British", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Adrian John Reynard is the founder of Reynard Motorsport, which was a successful racing car manufacturer before it went bankrupt in 2002.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/adrian_reynard_image_20230908180648.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Reynard", "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z" } }, { "id": 4795, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 771, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/771/?format=api", "name": "Ken Baxter", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1949-05-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/realkenbaxter/", "bio": "Ken \"Rocket Man\" Baxter (born May 15, 1949) is a real estate investor who purchased the first ticket sold to a civilian to be a passenger on Virgin Galactic in 2004.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ken_baxter_image_20230908175136.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Baxter_(businessman)", "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z" } }, { "id": 4796, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 772, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/772/?format=api", "name": "Timothy Nash", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "British", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Passenger on Virgin Galactic 03 launch", "profile_image": null, "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 4791, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 760, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/760/?format=api", "name": "Nicola Pecile", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1973-03-11", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Italian", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/nicolapecile", "instagram": null, "bio": "Former fighter pilot and experimental test pilot for the Italian Air Force, now pilot at Virgin Galactic.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nicola_pecile_image_20230508155154.jpg", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-04-26T13:47:00Z" } }, { "id": 4792, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 679, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/679/?format=api", "name": "Michael Masucci", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_masucci_image_20220911034628.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Masucci", "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2013-12-11T12:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 4794, "role": "Instructor", "astronaut": { "id": 688, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/688/?format=api", "name": "Colin Bennett", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Colin Bennett is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways before joining Virgin Galactic in 2015 where he now acts as Lead Astronaut Instructor.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/colin_bennett_image_20230626124901.png", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z" } }, { "id": 4797, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 773, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/773/?format=api", "name": "Adrian Reynard", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1951-03-23", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "British", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Adrian John Reynard is the founder of Reynard Motorsport, which was a successful racing car manufacturer before it went bankrupt in 2002.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/adrian_reynard_image_20230908180648.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Reynard", "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z" } }, { "id": 4795, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 771, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/771/?format=api", "name": "Ken Baxter", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1949-05-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/realkenbaxter/", "bio": "Ken \"Rocket Man\" Baxter (born May 15, 1949) is a real estate investor who purchased the first ticket sold to a civilian to be a passenger on Virgin Galactic in 2004.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ken_baxter_image_20230908175136.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Baxter_(businessman)", "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z" } }, { "id": 4796, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 772, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/772/?format=api", "name": "Timothy Nash", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "type": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "British", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Passenger on Virgin Galactic 03 launch", "profile_image": null, "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z" } } ], "spacecraft": { "id": 473, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/473/?format=api", "name": "VSS Unity", "serial_number": "N202VG", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "description": "VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. 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