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/7/?format=api
{ "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/7/?format=api", "name": "Mercury No.20", "serial_number": "20", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1917, "name": "[AUTO] Mercury - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mercury_image_20190207032519.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194131.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P1DT10H19M47S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Mercury No.20 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 9 - callsign \"Faith 7\" - mission launched on May 15, 1963 and piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/11/?format=api", "name": "Mercury", "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": 1917, "name": "[AUTO] Mercury - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mercury_image_20190207032519.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194131.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "capability": "Human transportation to upper Earth atmosphere and low Earth orbit.", "history": "The Mercury spacecraft was the manned capsule used for suborbital and orbital launches during the Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program of the United States, from 1958 through 1963.", "details": "The Mercury spacecraft's principal designer was Maxime Faget, who started research for manned spaceflight during the time of the NACA. With 100 cubic feet (2.8 m3) of habitable volume, the capsule was just large enough for a single crew member. Inside were 120 controls: 55 electrical switches, 30 fuses and 35 mechanical levers. The heaviest spacecraft, Mercury-Atlas 9, weighed 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) fully loaded. Its outer skin was made of René 41, a nickel alloy able to withstand high temperatures.", "maiden_flight": "1961-05-05", "height": 3.3, "diameter": 1.8, "human_rated": true, "crew_capacity": 1, "payload_capacity": null, "payload_return_capacity": null, "flight_life": "Between 15 minutes and 3 days.", "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury#Spacecraft", "info_link": "", "spacecraft_flown": 14, "total_launch_count": 17, "successful_launches": 12, "failed_launches": 5, "attempted_landings": 15, "successful_landings": 14, "failed_landings": 1, "fastest_turnaround": "P28DT2H15M" }, "fastest_turnaround": null, "flights": [ { "id": 5, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/5/?format=api", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "mission_end": "1963-05-16T23:24:00Z", "spacecraft": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/7/?format=api", "name": "Mercury No.20", "serial_number": "20", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1917, "name": "[AUTO] Mercury - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mercury_image_20190207032519.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194131.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P1DT10H19M47S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Mercury No.20 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 9 - callsign \"Faith 7\" - mission launched on May 15, 1963 and piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/11/?format=api", "name": "Mercury", "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": 1917, "name": "[AUTO] Mercury - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mercury_image_20190207032519.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194131.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "launch": { "id": "373e4f88-3f51-415c-a9f3-3d926c983694", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/373e4f88-3f51-415c-a9f3-3d926c983694/?format=api", "name": "Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 9", "response_mode": "normal", "slug": "atlas-lv-3b-mercury-atlas-9", "launch_designator": "1963-015", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T17:42:43Z", "net": "1963-05-15T13:04:13Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "1963-05-15T13:04:13Z", "window_start": "1963-05-15T13:04:13Z", "image": { "id": 1696, "name": "[AUTO] Atlas LV-3B - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/atlas_image_20190222030015.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305193522.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": 196, "configuration": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 162, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/162/?format=api", "name": "Atlas LV-3B", "families": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 66, "name": "Atlas" }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 188, "name": "Atlas D" } ], "full_name": "Atlas LV-3B", "variant": "LV-3B" } }, "mission": { "id": 158, "name": "Mercury-Atlas 9", "type": "Human Exploration", "description": "Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final manned spaceflight of the United States' Mercury program. It carried the Faith 7 spacecraft with astronaut Gordon Cooper to orbit where it completed 22 orbits seconds before reentry. The mission lasted for, 34 hours, 19 minutes & 49 seconds. This was the last time an American was launched to space on a solo orbital mission. The mission had several technical problems, the biggest which was a short-circuit in the bus bar serving the 250 volt main inverter causing the automatic stabilization and control system to stop working during the 21st orbit. In the end Cooper had to use lines he had drawn on the window and his wristwatch to correctly execute burns to safely re-enter the atmosphere.", "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": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/17/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1048, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1048/?format=api", "name": "Stoke Space", "abbrev": "Stoke", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" }, "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": "Stoke Space Technologies is an American space launch company based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington.", "administrator": "CEO: Andy Lapsa", "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 187, "name": "[AUTO] Stoke Space - 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image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/project2520mer_program_20200820194755.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194025.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/program-toc.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury", "description": "Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.", "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": "1958-10-07T00:00:00Z", "end_date": "1963-05-16T23:24:02Z", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 246, "location_launch_attempt_count": 99, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 13, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 47, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 22, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 5, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 2 }, "landing": { "id": 488, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/landings/488/?format=api", "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Mercury spacecraft safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.", "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": "P1DT10H19M47S", "turn_around_time": null, "response_mode": "normal" } ] }
