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/9aecd383-58b8-4d98-931f-37e2ca77eb41/?format=api
{ "id": "9aecd383-58b8-4d98-931f-37e2ca77eb41", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/9aecd383-58b8-4d98-931f-37e2ca77eb41/?format=api", "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-109", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-109", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T08:51:15Z", "updates": [], "net": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "window_start": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 191, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/191/?format=api", "name": "United Space Alliance", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "USA", "description": "United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "1995", "launchers": "Space Shuttle", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 51, "consecutive_successful_launches": 22, "successful_launches": 50, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Space_Alliance", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/united2520space2520alliance_logo_20190830220958.jpg", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/united2520space2520alliance_image_20190830220958.jpg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/united2520space2520alliance_nation_20190830220958.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 476, "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": "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" }, "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": 153, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/153/?format=api", "mission_end": "2002-03-12T09:33:00Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 2132, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 460, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/460/?format=api", "name": "Scott Altman", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P51DT12H48M15S", "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": "1959-08-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Scott Douglas \"Scooter\" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. 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Carey", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P10DT22H10M58S", "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": "1957-04-30", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Duane Gene \"Digger\" Carey is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/duane2520g.2520carey_image_20181203153744.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_G._Carey", "last_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "first_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z" } }, { "id": 2136, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 503, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/503/?format=api", "name": "Mike Massimino", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P23DT19H48M2S", "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": "1962-08-19", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Mike", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/astromikemassimino/", "bio": "Michael James Massimino is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut. He is the senior advisor of space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.\r\n\r\nEarly life Massimino was born August 19, 1962 in Oceanside, New York, and raised in Franklin Square, New York, both on Long Island. He graduated from H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square, New York in 1980. He went on to attend Columbia University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in 1984. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Technology and Public Policy in 1988. He continued his education at MIT, earning a Degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1990 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mike_massimino_image_20220911033638.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Massimino", "last_flight": "2009-05-11T18:01:56Z", "first_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z" } }, { "id": 1699, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 434, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/434/?format=api", "name": "James H. 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Currie-Gregg", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P41DT15H48M7S", "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": "1958-12-29", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Buckeye", "instagram": null, "bio": "Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg is an engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. Currie-Gregg has served in the United States Army for over 22 years and holds the rank of colonel. With NASA, she has participated in four space shuttle missions: STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, and STS109, accruing 1,000 hours in space. She currently holds an appointment as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nancy_j._currie_image_20220911033821.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_J._Currie-Gregg", "last_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "first_flight": "1993-06-21T13:07:22Z" } }, { "id": 1943, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 452, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/452/?format=api", "name": "Richard M. Linnehan", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P59DT12H44S", "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": "1957-09-19", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Richard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a former NASA astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard_m._linn_image_20220911034413.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Linnehan", "last_flight": "2008-03-11T06:28:14Z", "first_flight": "1996-06-20T14:49:00Z" } }, { "id": 1842, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 449, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/449/?format=api", "name": "John M. 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In January 2012, he returned to NASA and served as associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Grunsfeld announced his retirement from NASA in April 2016.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520grunsfeld_image_20181202144850.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Grunsfeld", "last_flight": "2009-05-11T18:01:56Z", "first_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 436, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 460, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/460/?format=api", "name": "Scott Altman", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P51DT12H48M15S", "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": "1959-08-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Scott Douglas \"Scooter\" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. 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Carey", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P10DT22H10M58S", "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": "1957-04-30", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Duane Gene \"Digger\" Carey is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/duane2520g.2520carey_image_20181203153744.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_G._Carey", "last_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "first_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z" } }, { "id": 438, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 503, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/503/?format=api", "name": "Mike Massimino", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P23DT19H48M2S", "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": "1962-08-19", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Mike", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/astromikemassimino/", "bio": "Michael James Massimino is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut. He is the senior advisor of space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.\r\n\r\nEarly life Massimino was born August 19, 1962 in Oceanside, New York, and raised in Franklin Square, New York, both on Long Island. He graduated from H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square, New York in 1980. He went on to attend Columbia University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in 1984. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Technology and Public Policy in 1988. He continued his education at MIT, earning a Degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1990 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mike_massimino_image_20220911033638.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Massimino", "last_flight": "2009-05-11T18:01:56Z", "first_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z" } }, { "id": 290, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 434, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/434/?format=api", "name": "James H. 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