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/9702c2e4-d4d2-46b1-9102-89ace622b7bf/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": "9702c2e4-d4d2-46b1-9102-89ace622b7bf",
    "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/9702c2e4-d4d2-46b1-9102-89ace622b7bf/?format=api",
    "slug": "space-shuttle-discovery-ov-103-sts-51-i",
    "flightclub_url": null,
    "r_spacex_api_id": null,
    "name": "Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-I",
    "status": {
        "id": 3,
        "name": "Launch Successful",
        "abbrev": "Success",
        "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)."
    },
    "last_updated": "2023-06-14T08:46:53Z",
    "updates": [],
    "net": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z",
    "net_precision": null,
    "window_end": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z",
    "window_start": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z",
    "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": 309,
        "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.",
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                "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS",
                "spacecraft": "Orion",
                "launch_library_url": null,
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                "consecutive_successful_launches": 11,
                "successful_launches": 121,
                "failed_launches": 20,
                "pending_launches": 6,
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                "successful_landings": 0,
                "failed_landings": 0,
                "attempted_landings": 0,
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                "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",
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            },
            "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.",
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                        {
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                            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api",
                            "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
                            "type": "Government"
                        }
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                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space2520shutt_program_20200820202237.png",
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                    "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program",
                    "mission_patches": [],
                    "type": {
                        "id": 2,
                        "name": "Human Spaceflight"
                    }
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            ],
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            "alias": "",
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            "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,
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            "consecutive_successful_landings": 0
        },
        "launcher_stage": [],
        "spacecraft_stage": {
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            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/63/?format=api",
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            "destination": "Low Earth Orbit",
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                        "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/305/?format=api",
                        "name": "Joe Engle",
                        "type": {
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                            "name": "Government"
                        },
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                        "time_in_space": "P9DT8H59M59S",
                        "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": "1932-08-26",
                        "date_of_death": "2024-07-10",
                        "nationality": "American",
                        "twitter": null,
                        "instagram": null,
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                        "last_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z",
                        "first_flight": "1965-06-29T18:21:00Z"
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                },
                {
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                    "role": {
                        "id": 2,
                        "role": "Pilot",
                        "priority": 2
                    },
                    "astronaut": {
                        "id": 335,
                        "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/335/?format=api",
                        "name": "Richard O. Covey",
                        "type": {
                            "id": 2,
                            "name": "Government"
                        },
                        "in_space": false,
                        "time_in_space": "P26DT21H8M44S",
                        "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"
                        },
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                        "date_of_death": null,
                        "nationality": "American",
                        "twitter": null,
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                    "astronaut": {
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                        "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/375/?format=api",
                        "name": "William Frederick Fisher",
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                            "name": "Government"
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                        },
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                            "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": "1946-04-01",
                        "date_of_death": null,
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                        },
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                        },
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