Docking Event Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed
Example - /docking_events/?mode=detailed
Filters
Parameters - docking__gt, docking__gte, docking__lt, docking__lte, docking_location__id, flight_vehicle_chaser__id, space_station_target__id
Example - /docking_events/?space_station_target__id=6
Search
Fields searched - docking_location__name, flight_vehicle_chaser__spacecraft__name, flight_vehicle_target__spacecraft__name, payload_flight_chaser__payload__name, payload_flight_target__payload__name, space_station_chaser__name, space_station_target__name
Example - /docking_events/?search=Salyut
Ordering
Fields - departure, docking
Example - /docking_events/?ordering=-docking
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /docking_events/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /docking_events/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - ll.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/docking_events/284/?format=api
{ "id": 284, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/docking_events/284/?format=api", "docking": "2011-11-14T12:07:00Z", "departure": "2011-11-16T10:30:00Z", "docking_location": { "id": 34, "name": "Tiangong-1 forward", "spacestation": { "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/7/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong 1", "image": { "id": 1948, "name": "[AUTO] Tiangong 1 - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong25201_image_20190215013038.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194223.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "spacecraft": null, "payload": null }, "space_station_target": { "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/7/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong 1", "image": { "id": 1948, "name": "[AUTO] Tiangong 1 - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong25201_image_20190215013038.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194223.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "flight_vehicle_target": null, "payload_flight_target": null, "response_mode": "detailed", "flight_vehicle_chaser": { "id": 444, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/444/?format=api", "destination": "Tiangong-1", "mission_end": "2011-11-17T11:32:00Z", "spacecraft": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 425, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/425/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 8", "serial_number": "8", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P16DT13H33M50S", "time_docked": "P13DT4H55M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft was automatically docked with the Tiangong-1 space module (launched on 29 September 2011) on November 3 and again on November 14, 2011. 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