Spaceflight Flight Instance
API endpoint that allows a flight of a specific Spacecraft instances to be viewed.
GET:
Return a list of all the existing Spacecraft flights.
FILTERS:
Parameters - 'spacecraft'
Example - /api/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/?spacecraft=37
GET /2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/114/?format=api
{ "id": 114, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/114/?format=api", "mission_end": "1995-07-07T14:55:00Z", "destination": "Mir", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 1346, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 337, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/337/?format=api", "name": "Robert L. Gibson", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P36DT4H17M2S", "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": "1946-10-30", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Robert Lee \"Hoot\" Gibson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a retired NASA astronaut, as well as a professional pilot who currently races regularly at the annual Reno Air Races.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/robert2520l.2520gibson_image_20181202102659.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Gibson", "last_flight": "1995-06-27T19:32:19Z", "first_flight": "1984-02-03T13:00:00Z" } }, { "id": 1854, "role": { "id": 2, "role": "Pilot", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 425, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/425/?format=api", "name": "Charles J. Precourt", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P38DT19H15M29S", "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": "1955-06-29", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle. Notably, he piloted or commanded several missions which involved docking with the Russian Mir space station and was heavily involved in Russian/US Space relations as well as the International Space Station collaboration. He retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/charles2520j.2520precourt_image_20181202142234.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Precourt", "last_flight": "1998-06-02T22:06:24Z", "first_flight": "1993-04-26T14:50:00Z" } }, { "id": 1412, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 388, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/388/?format=api", "name": "Ellen S. Baker", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P28DT14H31M38S", "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": "1953-04-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Ellen Louise Shulman Baker, M.D., M.P.H. is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. 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He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.\r\n\r\nNamed a cosmonaut candidate in 1989, Budarin's first space mission was a long-term assignment aboard the space station Mir in 1995. Since then, he again made extended stays on Mir in 1998 and the International Space Station Expedition 6 from 2002 to 2003.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nikolai2520budarin_image_20181128223920.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Budarin", "last_flight": "2002-11-23T00:49:47Z", "first_flight": "1995-06-27T19:32:19Z" } }, { "id": 1516, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 126, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/126/?format=api", "name": "Gregory Harbaugh", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P34DT1H58M40S", "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": "1956-04-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Gregory Jordan Harbaugh is a former NASA astronaut that spent 34 days in space through four Space Shuttle missions including the first . docking missions with the Russian Space Station Mir and the second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory2520harbaugh_image_20181129203134.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_J._Harbaugh", "last_flight": "1997-02-11T08:55:17Z", "first_flight": "1991-04-28T11:33:14Z" } }, { "id": 327, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/257/?format=api", "name": "Anatoly Solovyev", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P651DT1M21S", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1948-01-16", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; born January 16, 1948 – alternate spelling \"Solovyov\") is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours).", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anatoly2520solovyev_image_20181201221333.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Solovyev", "last_flight": "1997-08-05T15:35:54Z", "first_flight": "1988-06-07T14:03:13Z" } }, { "id": 1315, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 374, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/374/?format=api", "name": "Bonnie J. 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From January 2013 - December 2015, Dr. Dunbar lead the University of Houston's STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and math) and was a faculty member in the Cullen College of Engineering.[1] Currently, she is a professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and serves as Director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI), a joint entity in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/bonnie2520j.2520dunbar_image_20181202120831.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_J._Dunbar", "last_flight": "1998-01-23T02:48:15Z", "first_flight": "1985-10-30T17:00:00Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 188, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 337, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/337/?format=api", "name": "Robert L. 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He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Dezhurov also conducted nine spacewalks before his retirement on July 12, 2004.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520dezhurov_image_20181128225249.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dezhurov", "last_flight": "2001-08-10T21:10:14Z", "first_flight": "1995-03-14T06:11:34Z" } }, { "id": 210, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 388, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/388/?format=api", "name": "Ellen S. 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