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/bc401ea5-29c7-448f-87d1-84ad56f806d6/?format=api
{ "id": "bc401ea5-29c7-448f-87d1-84ad56f806d6", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/bc401ea5-29c7-448f-87d1-84ad56f806d6/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "little-joe-lj-5", "name": "Little Joe | LJ-5", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Failure" }, "net": "1960-11-08T15:18:00Z", "window_end": "1960-11-08T15:18:00Z", "window_start": "1960-11-08T15:18:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "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": "Acting Administrator: James Free", "founding_year": "1958", "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS", "spacecraft": "Orion", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 141, "consecutive_successful_launches": 11, "successful_launches": 121, "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://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_logo_20190207032448.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_nation_20230803040809.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 7435, "configuration": { "id": 473, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/473/?format=api", "name": "Little Joe", "description": "Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959-1960 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules.", "family": "Little Joe", "full_name": "Little Joe", "manufacturer": { "id": 999, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/999/?format=api", "name": "North American Aviation", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "", "description": "North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "1928", "launchers": "North American X-15", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aviation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/north2520american2520aviation_logo_20200711032022.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": null }, "program": [ { "id": 2, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/2/?format=api", "name": "Mercury", "description": "Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.", "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://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/project2520mer_program_20200820194755.png", "start_date": "1958-10-07T00:00:00Z", "end_date": "1963-05-16T23:24:02Z", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/program-toc.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" } ], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 1, "max_stage": 1, "length": 17.0, "diameter": null, "maiden_flight": "1959-08-21", "launch_mass": null, "leo_capacity": null, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/little_joe_image_20210901081353.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_(rocket)", "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 3, "failed_launches": 5, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 694, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/694/?format=api", "mission_end": "1960-11-08T15:20:00Z", "destination": "Suborbital", "launch_crew": [], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [], "spacecraft": { "id": 483, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/483/?format=api", "name": "Mercury No.3", "serial_number": "3", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Destroyed" }, "description": "Mercury No.3 is the Mercury capsule used for the Little Joe 5 flight.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/11/?format=api", "name": "Mercury", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "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. 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With 100 cubic feet (2.8 m3) of habitable volume, the capsule was just large enough for a single crew member. Inside were 120 controls: 55 electrical switches, 30 fuses and 35 mechanical levers. The heaviest spacecraft, Mercury-Atlas 9, weighed 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) fully loaded. Its outer skin was made of René 41, a nickel alloy able to withstand high temperatures.", "maiden_flight": "1961-05-05", "height": 3.3, "diameter": 1.8, "human_rated": true, "crew_capacity": 1, "payload_capacity": null, "flight_life": "Between 15 minutes and 3 days.", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mercury_image_20190207032519.jpeg", "nation_url": null, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury#Spacecraft", "info_link": "" } }, "docking_events": [] } }, "mission": { "id": 5824, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "LJ-5", "description": "Suborbital test flight of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The objective was to test a production Mercury capsule and the launch escape system during an ascent abort at maximum dynamic pressure. Sixteen seconds after liftoff, the escape rocket and the tower jettison rocket both fired prematurely. Furthermore, the booster, capsule, and escape tower failed to separate as intended. 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