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/8f2f2d92-45c8-4398-b8ac-596c5dc47599/?format=api
{ "id": "8f2f2d92-45c8-4398-b8ac-596c5dc47599", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/8f2f2d92-45c8-4398-b8ac-596c5dc47599/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 403, "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-58", "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-58", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z", "window_end": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z", "window_start": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z", "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": 369, "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": 101, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/101/?format=api", "mission_end": "1993-11-01T15:05:00Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 1541, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 363, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/363/?format=api", "name": "John E. Blaha", "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": "1942-08-26", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.\r\n\r\nBlaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520e.2520blaha_image_20181202112023.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Blaha", "last_flight": "1996-09-16T08:54:49Z", "first_flight": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z" } }, { "id": 1719, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 426, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/426/?format=api", "name": "Richard A. Searfoss", "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": "1956-06-05", "date_of_death": "2018-09-29", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard2520a.2520searfoss_image_20181202142311.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Searfoss", "last_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z" } }, { "id": 1733, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 610, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/610/?format=api", "name": "Martin J. Fettman", "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": "1956-12-31", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Martin Joseph Fettman (B.S., D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Diplomate, ACVP) is an American pathologist and researcher who flew on NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/martin2520j.2520fettman_image_20190211162502.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_J._Fettman", "last_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z" } }, { "id": 1246, "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": 1731, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 440, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/440/?format=api", "name": "David Wolf", "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": "1956-08-23", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "David Alexander Wolf is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-127 in 2009. Wolf also took part in a long-duration mission aboard the Russian space station Mir which lasted 128 days, and occurred during Mir EO-24. He was brought to Mir aboard STS-86 in September 1997, and landed aboard STS-89 in January 1998. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of 7 spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/david_wolf_image_20220911034349.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wolf_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2009-07-15T22:03:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z" } }, { "id": 1724, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 433, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/433/?format=api", "name": "William S. McArthur", "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": "1951-07-26", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "William Surles McArthur Jr. is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one expedition to the International Space Station via the Russian Soyuz capsule.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/william_s._mcar_image_20220911033830.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._McArthur", "last_flight": "2005-10-01T03:55:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z" } }, { "id": 1277, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 352, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/352/?format=api", "name": "Shannon Lucid", "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": "1943-01-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to have served aboard Mir.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shannon2520lucid_image_20181202104248.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid", "last_flight": "1996-03-22T08:13:04Z", "first_flight": "1985-06-17T11:33:00Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 246, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 363, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/363/?format=api", "name": "John E. Blaha", "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": "1942-08-26", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.\r\n\r\nBlaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520e.2520blaha_image_20181202112023.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Blaha", "last_flight": "1996-09-16T08:54:49Z", "first_flight": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z" } }, { "id": 1720, "role": "Pilot", "astronaut": { "id": 426, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/426/?format=api", "name": "Richard A. Searfoss", "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": "1956-06-05", "date_of_death": "2018-09-29", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard2520a.2520searfoss_image_20181202142311.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Searfoss", "last_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z" } }, { "id": 296, "role": "Payload Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 610, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/610/?format=api", "name": "Martin J. Fettman", "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": "1956-12-31", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Martin Joseph Fettman (B.S., D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Diplomate, ACVP) is an American pathologist and researcher who flew on NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/martin2520j.2520fettman_image_20190211162502.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_J._Fettman", "last_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:00Z" } }, { "id": 150, "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": 1727, "role": "Mission Specialist", "astronaut": { "id": 440, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/440/?format=api", "name": "David Wolf", "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": "1956-08-23", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "David Alexander Wolf is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. 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