Launch Instance
API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/<id>/ or /launch/?mode=list&search=SpaceX
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/8bf76727-9c9a-4fa2-8693-c052ce6d1d84/?format=api
{ "id": "8bf76727-9c9a-4fa2-8693-c052ce6d1d84", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/8bf76727-9c9a-4fa2-8693-c052ce6d1d84/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 382, "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-35", "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-35", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "window_end": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "window_start": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 192, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/192/?format=api", "name": "Lockheed Space Operations Company", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "LSOC", "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 65, "consecutive_successful_launches": 49, "successful_launches": 64, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "", "wiki_url": "", "logo_url": null, "image_url": null, "nation_url": null }, "rocket": { "id": 339, "configuration": { "id": 493, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "description": "The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.", "family": "", "full_name": "Space Shuttle", "manufacturer": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.", "administrator": "Administrator: Bill Nelson", "founding_year": "1958", "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS", "spacecraft": "Orion", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 135, "consecutive_successful_launches": 11, "successful_launches": 115, "failed_launches": 20, "pending_launches": 6, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://www.nasa.gov", "wiki_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration", "logo_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_logo_20190207032448.png", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_nation_20230803040809.jpg" }, "program": [ { "id": 6, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/6/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "description": "The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space2520shutt_program_20200820202237.png", "start_date": "1981-04-12T12:00:03Z", "end_date": "2011-07-08T15:29:00Z", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" } ], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 56.1, "diameter": 8.0, "maiden_flight": "1981-04-12", "launch_mass": 2030, "leo_capacity": 27500, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 28200, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_image_20230422074810.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle", "total_launch_count": 135, "consecutive_successful_launches": 22, "successful_launches": 133, "failed_launches": 2, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 81, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/81/?format=api", "mission_end": "1990-12-11T05:54:00Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 1101, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 301, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/301/?format=api", "name": "Vance D. Brand", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1931-05-09", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Vance DeVoe Brand is an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He served as Command Module Pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as Commander of three Space Shuttle missions.\r\n\r\nHis flight experience includes 9,669 flying hours, which includes 8,089 hours in jets, 391 hours in helicopters, 746 hours in spacecraft, and checkout in more than 30 types of military aircraft. Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colorado, is named in his honor.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vance2520d.2520brand_image_20181202090314.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_D._Brand", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1975-07-15T19:50:00Z" } }, { "id": 1369, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 366, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/366/?format=api", "name": "Guy Gardner", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1948-01-06", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Guy Spence Gardner is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of Colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35. Gardner was also the 12th president of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guy2520gardner_image_20181202112504.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gardner_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1988-12-02T14:30:34Z" } }, { "id": 1159, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 326, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/326/?format=api", "name": "Robert A. Parker", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1936-12-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Robert Allan Ridley Parker is an American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a Mission Specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-9 and STS-35.\r\n\r\nHe has logged over 3,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft and 463 hours in space.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/robert2520a.2520parker_image_20181202093418.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Parker", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-11-28T16:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 1490, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 601, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/601/?format=api", "name": "Ronald A. Parise", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": "1951-05-24", "date_of_death": "2008-05-09", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Ronald Anthony Parise (May 24, 1951 – May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ronald2520a.2520parise_image_20181208002606.gif", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_A._Parise", "last_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z", "first_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z" } }, { "id": 1487, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 600, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/600/?format=api", "name": "Samuel T. Durrance", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": "1943-09-17", "date_of_death": "2023-05-05", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Samuel Thornton Durrance (Ph.D.) was an American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/samuel2520t.2520durrance_image_20190211162549.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_T._Durrance", "last_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z", "first_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z" } }, { "id": 1294, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 377, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/377/?format=api", "name": "John M. Lounge", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": "1946-06-28", "date_of_death": "2011-03-01", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "ohn Michael \"Mike\" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990).", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520lounge_image_20181202121132.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Lounge", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z" } }, { "id": 1257, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 146, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/146/?format=api", "name": "Jeffrey Hoffman", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1944-11-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Jeffrey Alan Hoffman is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. 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Brand", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1931-05-09", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Vance DeVoe Brand is an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He served as Command Module Pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as Commander of three Space Shuttle missions.\r\n\r\nHis flight experience includes 9,669 flying hours, which includes 8,089 hours in jets, 391 hours in helicopters, 746 hours in spacecraft, and checkout in more than 30 types of military aircraft. Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colorado, is named in his honor.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vance2520d.2520brand_image_20181202090314.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_D._Brand", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1975-07-15T19:50:00Z" } }, { "id": 197, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 366, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/366/?format=api", "name": "Guy Gardner", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1948-01-06", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Guy Spence Gardner is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of Colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35. Gardner was also the 12th president of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guy2520gardner_image_20181202112504.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gardner_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1988-12-02T14:30:34Z" } }, { "id": 119, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 326, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/326/?format=api", "name": "Robert A. Parker", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1936-12-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Robert Allan Ridley Parker is an American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a Mission Specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-9 and STS-35.\r\n\r\nHe has logged over 3,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft and 463 hours in space.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/robert2520a.2520parker_image_20181202093418.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Parker", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-11-28T16:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 1491, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 601, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/601/?format=api", "name": "Ronald A. Parise", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": "1951-05-24", "date_of_death": "2008-05-09", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Ronald Anthony Parise (May 24, 1951 – May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ronald2520a.2520parise_image_20181208002606.gif", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_A._Parise", "last_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z", "first_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z" } }, { "id": 1488, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 600, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/600/?format=api", "name": "Samuel T. Durrance", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": "1943-09-17", "date_of_death": "2023-05-05", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Samuel Thornton Durrance (Ph.D.) was an American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/samuel2520t.2520durrance_image_20190211162549.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_T._Durrance", "last_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z", "first_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z" } }, { "id": 172, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 377, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/377/?format=api", "name": "John M. 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He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990).", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520lounge_image_20181202121132.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Lounge", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z" } }, { "id": 1252, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 146, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/146/?format=api", "name": "Jeffrey Hoffman", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1944-11-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Jeffrey Alan Hoffman is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. 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