Spacecraft Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed
Example - /spacecraft/?mode=detailed
Filters
Parameters - in_space, is_placeholder, name, spacecraft_config, status
Example - /spacecraft/?is_placeholder=True
Search
Fields searched - name, spacecraft_config__name
Example - /spacecraft/?search=Endeavour
Ordering
Fields - flights_count, id, mission_ends_count, time_docked, time_in_space
Example - /spacecraft/?ordering=-flights_count
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /spacecraft/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /spacecraft/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - ll.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/spacecraft/18/?format=api
{ "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 18, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/18/?format=api", "name": "Gemini SC8", "serial_number": "8", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1915, "name": "[AUTO] Gemini - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gemini_image_20190207032517.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194127.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT10H40M58S", "time_docked": "PT31M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Gemini SC8 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 8 mission launched on March 16, 1966 and crewed by astronauts Neil Armstrong (command pilot) and David Scott (pilot).", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/12/?format=api", "name": "Gemini", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": 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": "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", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 19, "name": "[AUTO] National Aeronautics and Space Administration - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184631.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 161, "name": "[AUTO] National Aeronautics and Space Administration - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_logo_20190207032448.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185043.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 76, "name": "[AUTO] National Aeronautics and Space Administration - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_nation_20230803040809.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184823.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "family": [], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1915, "name": "[AUTO] Gemini - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gemini_image_20190207032517.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194127.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "capability": "Human transportation to low Earth orbit.", "history": "The Gemini crew capsule (referred to as the Reentry Module) was essentially an enlarged version of the Mercury capsule. Unlike Mercury, the retrorockets, electrical power, propulsion systems, oxygen, and water were located in a detachable Adapter Module behind the Reentry Module. A major design improvement in Gemini was to locate all internal spacecraft systems in modular components, which could be independently tested and replaced when necessary, without removing or disturbing other already tested components.", "details": "The spacecraft was 18 feet 5 inches (5.61 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, with a launch weight varying from 7,100 to 8,350 pounds (3,220 to 3,790 kg).", "maiden_flight": "1964-04-08", "height": 5.61, "diameter": 3.0, "human_rated": true, "crew_capacity": 2, "payload_capacity": null, "payload_return_capacity": null, "flight_life": "Between a few hours and multiple days (14 day is the maximum achieved).", "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gemini#Spacecraft", "info_link": "", "spacecraft_flown": 12, "total_launch_count": 12, "successful_launches": 12, "failed_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 11, "successful_landings": 11, "failed_landings": 0, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "fastest_turnaround": null, "flights": [ { "id": 16, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/16/?format=api", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "mission_end": "1966-03-17T03:22:00Z", "spacecraft": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 18, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/18/?format=api", "name": "Gemini SC8", "serial_number": "8", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1915, "name": "[AUTO] Gemini - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gemini_image_20190207032517.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194127.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT10H40M58S", "time_docked": "PT31M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Gemini SC8 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 8 mission launched on March 16, 1966 and crewed by astronauts Neil Armstrong (command pilot) and David Scott (pilot).", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/12/?format=api", "name": "Gemini", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "family": [], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1915, "name": "[AUTO] Gemini - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gemini_image_20190207032517.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194127.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "launch": { "id": "75c6b707-d6b5-43d2-b9ad-b8da37acf394", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/75c6b707-d6b5-43d2-b9ad-b8da37acf394/?format=api", "name": "Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII", "response_mode": "normal", "slug": "titan-ii-glv-gemini-viii", "launch_designator": "1966-020", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T17:40:10Z", "net": "1966-03-16T16:41:02Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "1966-03-16T16:41:02Z", "window_start": "1966-03-16T16:41:02Z", "image": { "id": 1855, "name": "[AUTO] Titan II - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/titan2520ii_image_20190222030027.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305193940.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "rocket": { "id": 206, "configuration": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 98, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/98/?format=api", "name": "Titan II", "families": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 70, "name": "Titan" }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 202, "name": "Titan II" } ], "full_name": "Titan II GLV", "variant": "GLV" } }, "mission": { "id": 254, "name": "Gemini VIII (Gemini 8)", "type": "Human Exploration", "description": "Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Neil A. Armstrong and Pilot David R. Scott. Gemini 8 conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The mission began on March 16, 1966, 16:41:02 UTC and ended on March 17, 1966, 03:22:28 UTC.", "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": 18, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/18/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [], "name": "Launch Complex 19", "image": null, "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_19", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.506898,-80.554169", "latitude": 28.506898, "longitude": -80.554169, "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_18_20200803143356.jpg", "total_launch_count": 12, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 11, "fastest_turnaround": "P10DT18H7M23S", "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": 3, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/programs/3/?format=api", "name": "Gemini", "image": { "id": 1895, "name": "[AUTO] Gemini - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/project2520gem_program_20200820195350.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194053.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gemini/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gemini", "description": "Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966.", "agencies": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } } ], "start_date": "1961-12-07T00:00:00Z", "end_date": "1966-11-15T19:21:04Z", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 539, "location_launch_attempt_count": 164, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 8, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 78, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 22, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 5, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 4 }, "landing": { "id": 465, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/landings/465/?format=api", "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Gemini spacecraft safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after an emergency reentry.", "downrange_distance": null, "landing_location": { "id": 18, "name": "Pacific Ocean", "active": true, "abbrev": "PAC", "description": "Pacific Ocean", "location": null, "longitude": null, "latitude": null, "image": { "id": 2242, "name": "Pacific Ocean from the ISS", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pacific_ocean_f_image_20240920094534.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pacific_ocean_f_image_thumbnail_20240920094534.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": [] }, "successful_landings": 46, "attempted_landings": 48, "failed_landings": 2, "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" } }, "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Parachute Landing", "abbrev": "PCL", "description": "Unpowered landing using parachute(s)." } }, "duration": "PT10H40M58S", "turn_around_time": null, "response_mode": "normal" } ] }
