Landing Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed
Example - /landings/?mode=list
Filters
Parameters - attempt, firststage_launch__ids, landing_location__ids, landing_type__ids, launcher__ids, launcher_config__ids, launcher_serial_numbers, spacecraft__ids, spacecraft_config__ids, spacecraft_launch__ids, success
Example - /landings/?spacecraft__ids=39,37
Search
Fields searched - firststage__launcher__launcher_config__name, firststage__launcher__serial_number, firststage__rocket__launch__name, landing_location__abbrev, landing_location__name, spacecraftflight__rocket__launch__name, spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name, spacecraftflight__spacecraft__serial_number, spacecraftflight__spacecraft__spacecraft_config__name
Example - /landings/?search=B1059
Ordering
Fields - downrange_distance, id
Example - /landings/?ordering=downrange_distance
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /landings/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /landings/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - ll.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/landings/373/?format=api
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It was destroyed by a fatal cabin fire during a launch rehearsal on January 27, 1967.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 10, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/10/?format=api", "name": "Apollo Command/Service Module", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 999, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/999/?format=api", "name": "North American Aviation", "abbrev": "", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 1928, "launchers": "North American X-15", "spacecraft": "", "parent": "Boeing", "image": null, "logo": { "id": 164, "name": "[AUTO] North American Aviation - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/north2520american2520aviation_logo_20200711032022.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185049.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": null }, "family": [], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1902, "name": "[AUTO] Apollo Command/Service Module - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/apollo2520command2fservice2520module_image_20190207032507.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194107.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "capability": "Cargo and Human Transportation to Lunar Orbit", "history": "The Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.", "details": "The Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. 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The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was made official by NASA in their honor after the fire.", "image": null, "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1, "name": "Earth" } }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 19, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/19/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [], "name": "Launch Complex 34", "image": null, "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_34", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.521811,-80.56113", "latitude": 28.521811, "longitude": -80.56113, "country": { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_19_20200803143428.jpg", "total_launch_count": 9, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 3, "fastest_turnaround": "P132DT2H26M53S", "location": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/locations/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1, "name": "Earth", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Planet" }, "diameter": 12742000.0, "mass": 5.972168e+24, "gravity": 9.80655, "length_of_day": "1 00:00:00", "atmosphere": true, "image": { "id": 2040, "name": "Earth (Apollo 17)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_20240402194304.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_thumbnail_20240402194305.jpeg", "credit": "NASA", "license": { "id": 4, "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines", "priority": 0, "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "description": "Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth", "total_attempted_launches": 7140, "successful_launches": 6598, "failed_launches": 542, "total_attempted_landings": 1098, "successful_landings": 1055, "failed_landings": 43 }, "active": true, "country": { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" }, "description": "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.", "image": { "id": 2200, "name": "Cape Canaveral & KSC seen from orbit (STS-43)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cape_canaveral__image_20240918151615.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cape_canaveral__image_thumbnail_20240918151616.jpeg", "credit": "NASA", "license": { "id": 4, "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines", "priority": 0, "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "longitude": -80.577778, "latitude": 28.488889, "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1018, "total_landing_count": 64 } }, "webcast_live": false, "program": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 4, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/programs/4/?format=api", "name": "Apollo", "image": { "id": 1877, "name": "[AUTO] Apollo - 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On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to walk in space. White died along with astronauts Virgil \"Gus\" Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee during prelaunch testing for the first manned Apollo mission at Cape Canaveral. 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He was also a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. Grissom was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice. In addition, Grissom was a World War II and Korean War veteran, U.S. Air Force test pilot, and a mechanical engineer. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, a two-time recipient of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Grissom", "last_flight": "1967-01-27T23:31:19Z", "first_flight": "1961-07-21T12:20:00Z", "social_media_links": [] } }, { "id": 3240, "role": { "id": 2, "role": "Pilot", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 664, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/664/?format=api", "name": "Roger B. 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