Launch Instance
AN 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', 'is_crewed', 'include_suborbital', 'spacecraft_config__ids', 'related', 'location__ids', 'lsp__ids', 'pad__ids', 'status__ids'
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 /2.2.0/launch/38aa1307-598f-48e0-96ee-e8c2d35d779a/?format=api
{ "id": "38aa1307-598f-48e0-96ee-e8c2d35d779a", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/38aa1307-598f-48e0-96ee-e8c2d35d779a/?format=api", "slug": "space-shuttle-atlantis-ov-104-sts-61-b", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-61-B", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T08:54:46Z", "updates": [], "net": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "window_start": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 192, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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": 313, "configuration": { "id": 493, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "active": false, "reusable": true, "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/2.2.0/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": 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" }, "program": [ { "id": 6, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.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", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 56.1, "diameter": 8.0, "maiden_flight": "1981-04-12", "launch_cost": "450000000", "launch_mass": 2030, "leo_capacity": 27500, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 28200, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.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, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 66, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/66/?format=api", "mission_end": "1985-12-03T21:33:00Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 1324, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 343, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/343/?format=api", "name": "Brewster H. Shaw", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P22DT4H51M", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1945-05-16", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former executive at Boeing. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006.[1]\r\n\r\nShaw is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and has logged 533 hours of space flight. He was Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia in November 1983, Commander of Space Shuttle Atlantis in November 1985 and Commander of Columbia in August 1989.\r\n\r\nFollowing the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in 1986, he supported the Roger’s Presidential Commission[2] investigating the accident. Shaw subsequently led the Space Shuttle Orbiter return-to-flight team chartered to enhance the safety of the vehicles’ operations.\r\n\r\nShaw worked as a manager at NASA until 1996 when he left the agency, retired from the Air Force and went to work in the private sector as an aerospace executive.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/brewster2520h.2520shaw_image_20181202103314.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_H._Shaw", "last_flight": "1989-08-08T12:37:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-11-28T16:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 1326, "role": { "id": 2, "role": "Pilot", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 368, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/368/?format=api", "name": "Bryan D. O'Connor", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P15DT23H18M9S", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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://thespacedevs-prod.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": 1343, "role": { "id": 8, "role": "Payload Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 206, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/206/?format=api", "name": "Rodolfo Neri Vela", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT21H4M", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1952-02-19", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Mexican", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. He is the first Mexican, and the second Latin American to have traveled to space.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rodolfo2520neri2520vela_image_20181201182057.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Neri_Vela", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 1342, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 379, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/379/?format=api", "name": "Sherwood C. Spring", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT21H4M", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1944-09-03", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Sherwood Clark \"Woody\" Spring is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut. Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring. Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting spacewalks. Spring has also accumulated 3,500 hours in 25 different military and civilian aircraft; over 1,500 of those hours were spent in jet aircraft.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sherwood_c._spr_image_20220911034121.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_C._Spring", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 1340, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 373, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/373/?format=api", "name": "Mary L. Cleave", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P10DT22H1S", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1947-02-05", "date_of_death": "2023-11-27", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Mary Louise Cleave was an American engineer and NASA astronaut. She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mary2520l.2520cleave_image_20181202120740.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_L._Cleave", "last_flight": "1989-05-04T18:46:59Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 1208, "role": { "id": 8, "role": "Payload Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 588, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/588/?format=api", "name": "Charles D. Walker", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P19DT21H54M33S", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1948-08-29", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Charles David \"Charlie\" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He is the first non-government individual to fly in space.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/charles2520d.2520walker_image_20181207221334.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Walker", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z" } }, { "id": 1337, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 378, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/378/?format=api", "name": "Jerry L. Ross", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P58DT51M5S", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1948-01-20", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Jerry Lynn Ross is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz). His papers, photographs and many personal items are in the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives at Purdue University. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame during ceremonies in May 2014.\r\n\r\nRoss is the author of Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer (Purdue University Press, 2013) with John Norberg. In March 2014 it was announced \"Spacewalker\" will be available in a French translation through the specialist aerospace publisher Altipresse.\r\n\r\nFellow astronaut Chris Hadfield describes Ross in his autobiography, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, as \"the embodiment of the trustworthy, loyal, courteous and brave astronaut archetype.\"", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerry2520l.2520ross_image_20181202121238.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_L._Ross", "last_flight": "2002-04-08T20:44:19Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 1325, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 343, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/343/?format=api", "name": "Brewster H. Shaw", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P22DT4H51M", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1945-05-16", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former executive at Boeing. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006.[1]\r\n\r\nShaw is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and has logged 533 hours of space flight. He was Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia in November 1983, Commander of Space Shuttle Atlantis in November 1985 and Commander of Columbia in August 1989.\r\n\r\nFollowing the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in 1986, he supported the Roger’s Presidential Commission[2] investigating the accident. Shaw subsequently led the Space Shuttle Orbiter return-to-flight team chartered to enhance the safety of the vehicles’ operations.\r\n\r\nShaw worked as a manager at NASA until 1996 when he left the agency, retired from the Air Force and went to work in the private sector as an aerospace executive.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/brewster2520h.2520shaw_image_20181202103314.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_H._Shaw", "last_flight": "1989-08-08T12:37:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-11-28T16:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 183, "role": { "id": 2, "role": "Pilot", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 368, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/368/?format=api", "name": "Bryan D. O'Connor", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P15DT23H18M9S", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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://thespacedevs-prod.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": 187, "role": { "id": 8, "role": "Payload Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 206, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/206/?format=api", "name": "Rodolfo Neri Vela", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT21H4M", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1952-02-19", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Mexican", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. He is the first Mexican, and the second Latin American to have traveled to space.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rodolfo2520neri2520vela_image_20181201182057.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Neri_Vela", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 186, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 379, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/379/?format=api", "name": "Sherwood C. Spring", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT21H4M", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1944-09-03", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Sherwood Clark \"Woody\" Spring is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut. Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring. Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting spacewalks. Spring has also accumulated 3,500 hours in 25 different military and civilian aircraft; over 1,500 of those hours were spent in jet aircraft.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sherwood_c._spr_image_20220911034121.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_C._Spring", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 1341, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 373, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/373/?format=api", "name": "Mary L. Cleave", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P10DT22H1S", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1947-02-05", "date_of_death": "2023-11-27", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Mary Louise Cleave was an American engineer and NASA astronaut. She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mary2520l.2520cleave_image_20181202120740.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_L._Cleave", "last_flight": "1989-05-04T18:46:59Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" } }, { "id": 135, "role": { "id": 8, "role": "Payload Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 588, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/588/?format=api", "name": "Charles D. 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