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/8dea558a-02a5-4349-a9cb-e53cbde9bb5c/?format=api
{ "id": "8dea558a-02a5-4349-a9cb-e53cbde9bb5c", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/8dea558a-02a5-4349-a9cb-e53cbde9bb5c/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 386, "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-40", "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "window_end": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "window_start": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "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": 344, "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": 84, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/84/?format=api", "mission_end": "1991-06-14T15:39:00Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 1529, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 368, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/368/?format=api", "name": "Bryan D. O'Connor", "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": "1946-09-06", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/bryan2520d.2520o2527connor_image_20181202120241.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_D._O%27Connor", "last_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 1530, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 384, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/384/?format=api", "name": "Sidney M. Gutierrez", "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": "1951-06-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sidney2520m.2520gutierrez_image_20181202133521.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_M._Gutierrez", "last_flight": "1994-04-09T11:05:00Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z" } }, { "id": 1539, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 603, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/603/?format=api", "name": "F. Drew Gaffney", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "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": "1946-06-09", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Francis Andrew \"Drew\" Gaffney is an American doctor. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight. He is currently a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/f.2520drew2520gaffney_image_20190211162526.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Drew_Gaffney", "last_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z" } }, { "id": 1540, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 604, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/604/?format=api", "name": "Millie Hughes-Fulford", "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": "1945-12-21", "date_of_death": "2021-02-04", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/millie2520hughes-fulford_image_20190211162521.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_Hughes-Fulford", "last_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z" } }, { "id": 1387, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 371, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/371/?format=api", "name": "James P. Bagian", "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": "1952-02-22", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "James Philip Bagian, MD, PE is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Medicine. Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520p.2520bagian_image_20181202120507.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Bagian", "last_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "first_flight": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z" } }, { "id": 1247, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 359, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/359/?format=api", "name": "Margaret Rhea Seddon", "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": "1947-11-08", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/margaret2520rhea2520seddon_image_20181202104948.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Rhea_Seddon", "last_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-04-12T13:59:05Z" } }, { "id": 1537, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 405, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/405/?format=api", "name": "Tamara E. Jernigan", "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": "1959-05-07", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Tamara Elizabeth \"Tammy\" Jernigan, Ph.D. is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut and a veteran of five shuttle missions.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tamara2520e.2520jernigan_image_20181202140101.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_E._Jernigan", "last_flight": "1999-05-27T10:49:42Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 241, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 368, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/368/?format=api", "name": "Bryan D. 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Gutierrez", "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": "1951-06-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sidney2520m.2520gutierrez_image_20181202133521.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_M._Gutierrez", "last_flight": "1994-04-09T11:05:00Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z" } }, { "id": 244, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 603, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/603/?format=api", "name": "F. Drew Gaffney", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "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": "1946-06-09", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Francis Andrew \"Drew\" Gaffney is an American doctor. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight. 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