Modes

Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed

Example - /expeditions/?mode=detailed

Filters

Parameters - crew__astronaut, crew__astronaut__agency, end__gt, end__gte, end__lt, end__lte, name, space_station, start__gt, start__gte, start__lt, start__lte

Example - /expeditions/?space_station=18

Fields searched - crew__astronaut__agency__abbrev, crew__astronaut__agency__name, crew__astronaut__name, crew__astronaut__nationality__nationality_name, name

Example - /expeditions/?search=Kelly

Ordering

Fields - end, id, start

Example - /expeditions/?ordering=-start

Number of results

Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)

Example - /expeditions/?limit=2

Format

Switch to JSON output - /expeditions/?format=json

Help

Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs

GET /2.3.0/expeditions/159/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 159,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/expeditions/159/?format=api",
    "name": "Shenzhou 18",
    "start": "2024-04-25T19:32:00Z",
    "end": "2024-11-03T08:12:00Z",
    "response_mode": "detailed",
    "spacestation": {
        "id": 18,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/18/?format=api",
        "name": "Tiangong space station",
        "image": {
            "id": 1941,
            "name": "[AUTO] Tiangong space station - image",
            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong_space__image_20231031004146.png",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194211.png",
            "credit": null,
            "license": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "priority": 9,
                "link": null
            },
            "single_use": true,
            "variants": []
        },
        "status": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Active"
        },
        "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",
        "type": {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "Government"
        },
        "owners": [
            {
                "response_mode": "normal",
                "id": 88,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/88/?format=api",
                "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation",
                "abbrev": "CASC",
                "type": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
                },
                "featured": true,
                "country": [
                    {
                        "id": 6,
                        "name": "China",
                        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                        "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                        "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
                    }
                ],
                "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.",
                "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei",
                "founding_year": 1999,
                "launchers": "Long March",
                "spacecraft": "",
                "parent": null,
                "image": {
                    "id": 8,
                    "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - image",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184558.jpeg",
                    "credit": null,
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                },
                "logo": {
                    "id": 124,
                    "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - logo",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184933.png",
                    "credit": null,
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                },
                "social_logo": {
                    "id": 50,
                    "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - social_logo",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184746.png",
                    "credit": null,
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "mission_patches": [
        {
            "id": 1018,
            "name": "Shenzhou 18 Patch",
            "priority": 10,
            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/shenzhou252018_mission_patch_20240528162525.png",
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 17,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
                "name": "China National Space Administration",
                "abbrev": "CNSA",
                "type": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
                }
            },
            "response_mode": "normal"
        }
    ],
    "spacewalks": [
        {
            "response_mode": "list",
            "id": 475,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/475/?format=api",
            "name": "Shenzhou 18 EVA 1",
            "start": "2024-05-28T02:35:00Z",
            "end": "2024-05-28T10:58:00Z",
            "duration": "PT8H23M",
            "location": "Tiangong Space Station"
        },
        {
            "response_mode": "list",
            "id": 477,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/477/?format=api",
            "name": "Shenzhou 18 EVA 2",
            "start": "2024-07-03T08:20:00Z",
            "end": "2024-07-03T14:51:00Z",
            "duration": "PT6H31M",
            "location": "Tiangong Space Station"
        }
    ],
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            "role": {
                "id": 1,
                "role": "Commander",
                "priority": 0
            },
            "astronaut": {
                "id": 666,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/666/?format=api",
                "name": "Ye Guangfu",
                "status": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Active"
                },
                "agency": {
                    "response_mode": "list",
                    "id": 17,
                    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
                    "name": "China National Space Administration",
                    "abbrev": "CNSA",
                    "type": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Government"
                    }
                },
                "image": {
                    "id": 794,
                    "name": "[AUTO] Ye Guangfu - image",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ye_guangfu_image_20211014075904.jpg",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190809.jpeg",
                    "credit": null,
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                },
                "response_mode": "list",
                "type": {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "Government"
                },
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                "time_in_space": "P374DT13H58M8S",
                "eva_time": "PT21H5M",
                "age": 44,
                "date_of_birth": "1980-09-01",
                "date_of_death": null,
                "nationality": [
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                        "name": "China",
                        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                        "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                        "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
                    }
                ],
                "bio": "Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu was born in 1980 in the Sichuan province of China. He is an air force pilot and spent four years as an instructor and four years as a jet fighter pilot amassing 1100 hours of flight time. Ye was recruited as an astronaut trainee for China’s Astronaut Center in 2010 and qualified in 2014.\r\n\r\nBirth day unkown.",
                "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Guangfu",
                "last_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
                "first_flight": "2021-10-15T16:23:56Z",
                "social_media_links": []
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 4902,
            "role": {
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                "role": "Operator",
                "priority": 2
            },
            "astronaut": {
                "id": 796,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/796/?format=api",
                "name": "Cong Li",
                "status": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Active"
                },
                "agency": {
                    "response_mode": "list",
                    "id": 17,
                    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
                    "name": "China National Space Administration",
                    "abbrev": "CNSA",
                    "type": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Government"
                    }
                },
                "image": {
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                    "name": "Cong Li",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cong_li_image_20240427170446.png",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cong_li_image_thumbnail_20240427170446.png",
                    "credit": "CASC",
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                },
                "response_mode": "list",
                "type": {
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                    "name": "Government"
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                "age": 35,
                "date_of_birth": "1989-10-01",
                "date_of_death": null,
                "nationality": [
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                        "name": "China",
                        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                        "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                        "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
                    }
                ],
                "bio": "Li Cong is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2009, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2011.",
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                "last_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
                "first_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
                "social_media_links": []
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 4903,
            "role": {
                "id": 32,
                "role": "Operator",
                "priority": 2
            },
            "astronaut": {
                "id": 797,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/797/?format=api",
                "name": "Guangsu Li",
                "status": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Active"
                },
                "agency": {
                    "response_mode": "list",
                    "id": 17,
                    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
                    "name": "China National Space Administration",
                    "abbrev": "CNSA",
                    "type": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Government"
                    }
                },
                "image": {
                    "id": 2080,
                    "name": "Guangsu Li",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guangsu_li_image_20240427164223.jpg",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guangsu_li_image_thumbnail_20240427164223.jpeg",
                    "credit": "CASC",
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                },
                "response_mode": "list",
                "type": {
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                    "name": "Government"
                },
                "in_space": false,
                "time_in_space": "P192DT4H25M27S",
                "eva_time": "PT8H23M",
                "age": 37,
                "date_of_birth": "1987-07-01",
                "date_of_death": null,
                "nationality": [
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                        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
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                    }
                ],
                "bio": "Li Guangsu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2011.",
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                "last_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
                "first_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
                "social_media_links": []
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}