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/577b4557-1291-4f26-8642-2f075490d580/?format=api
{ "id": "577b4557-1291-4f26-8642-2f075490d580", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/577b4557-1291-4f26-8642-2f075490d580/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "spaceshiptwo-galactic-05", "name": "SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 05", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "window_end": "2023-11-02T23:00:00Z", "window_start": "2023-11-02T14:30:00Z", "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": 8051, "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": 821, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/821/?format=api", "mission_end": "2023-11-02T16:00:00Z", "destination": "Suborbital", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 4708, "role": "Commander", "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": 4771, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 770, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/770/?format=api", "name": "Kelly Latimer", "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": "Pilot working for Virgin Galactic. First Spaceflight during the Galactic-02 Mission.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kelly_latimer_image_20230718080208.jpg", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-08-10T15:17:00Z" } }, { "id": 4750, "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": 4831, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 780, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/780/?format=api", "name": "Kellie Gerardi", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 1078, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1078/?format=api", "name": "International Institute for Aeronautical Sciences", "type": "Multinational" }, "date_of_birth": "1989-02-16", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/kelliegerardi", "instagram": null, "bio": "Kellie Gerardi is an American aerospace, defense, and technology professional and a popular science communicator.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kellie_gerardi_image_20231019173010.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Gerardi", "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z" } }, { "id": 4832, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 781, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/781/?format=api", "name": "Ketty Maisonrouge", "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": "Italian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Passenger on Galactic 05.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ketty_maisonrou_image_20231102163518.png", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z" } }, { "id": 4830, "role": "Passenger", "astronaut": { "id": 779, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/779/?format=api", "name": "Sol Alan Stern", "type": { "id": 7, "name": "Commercial" }, "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1957-11-22", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/AlanStern", "instagram": null, "bio": "Sol Alan Stern is an American engineer and planetary scientist. 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