Space Station List
API endpoint that allows Space Stations to be viewed.
GET: Return a list of all the existing space stations.
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'owners', 'orbit', 'type', 'owners__name', 'owners__abbrev' Example - /api/2.2.0/spacestation/?status=Active
SEARCH EXAMPLE: Example - /api/2.2.0/spacestation/?search=ISS Searches through 'name', 'owners__name', 'owners__abbrev'
ORDERING: Fields - 'id', 'name', status', 'type', 'founded', 'volume' Example - /api/2.2.0/spacestation/?ordering=id
GET /2.2.0/spacestation/?format=api&offset=10&ordering=onboard_crew
{ "count": 15, "next": null, "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/?format=api&limit=10&ordering=onboard_crew", "results": [ { "id": 7, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/7/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong 1", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "2011-09-29", "deorbited": "2018-04-02", "description": "Tiangong-1 (Chinese: 天宫一号; pinyin: Tiāngōng yīhào; literally: \"Heavenly Palace 1\" or \"Celestial Palace 1\") was China's first prototype space station. It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a manned laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rendezvous and docking capabilities during its two years of active operational life.\r\n\r\nTiangong-1 was visited by a series of Shenzhou spacecraft during its two-year operational lifetime. The first of these, the unmanned Shenzhou 8, successfully docked with the module in November 2011, while the manned Shenzhou 9 mission docked in June 2012. A third and final mission to Tiangong-1, the manned Shenzhou 10, docked in June 2013. The manned missions to Tiangong-1 were notable for including China's first female astronauts, Liu Yang and Wang Yaping.\r\n\r\nOn 21 March 2016, after a lifespan extended by two years, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced that Tiangong-1 had officially ended its service. They went on to state that the telemetry link with Tiangong-1 had been lost. A couple of months later, amateur satellite trackers watching Tiangong-1 found that China's space agency had lost control of the station. In September, after conceding they had lost control over the station, officials speculated that the station would re-enter and burn up in the atmosphere late in 2017. According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, Tiangong-1 started reentry over the southern Pacific Ocean, northwest of Tahiti, on 2 April 2018 at 00:15 UTC.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong25201_image_20190215013038.jpeg" }, { "id": 13, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/13/?format=api", "name": "Salyut 5", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "1976-06-22", "deorbited": "1988-08-08", "description": "Salyut 5, also known as OPS-3, was a Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme, it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two cosmonauts. A third Soyuz mission attempted to visit the station, but failed to dock, whilst a fourth mission was planned but never launched.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salyut25205_image_20190318095611.png" }, { "id": 10, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/10/?format=api", "name": "Salyut 2", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "1973-04-03", "deorbited": "1973-05-28", "description": "Salyut 2 (OPS-1) (Russian: Салют-2 meaning Salute 2) was a Soviet space station which was launched in 1973 as part of the Salyut programme. It was the first Almaz military space station to fly. Within two weeks of its launch, the station had lost attitude control and depressurised, leaving it unusable. Its orbit decayed and it re-entered the atmosphere on 28 May 1973, without any crews having visited it.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salyut25202_image_20190217082304.jpeg" }, { "id": 18, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/18/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong space station", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "2021-04-29", "deorbited": null, "description": "The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface. It will be roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the Mir space station.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "abbrev": "CASC" } ], "active_expeditions": [ { "id": 163, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/expedition/163/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 20", "start": "2025-04-24T15:49:00Z", "end": null } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong_space__image_20231031004146.png" }, { "id": 4, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/4/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "1998-11-20", "deorbited": null, "description": "The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/16/?format=api", "name": "Canadian Space Agency", "abbrev": "CSA" }, { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA" }, { "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA" }, { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA" }, { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [ { "id": 162, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/expedition/162/?format=api", "name": "Expedition 73", "start": "2025-04-19T21:57:33Z", "end": null } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/international2520space2520station_image_20190220215716.jpeg" } ] }
