Expedition Instance
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, is_active, name, space_station, start__gt, start__gte, start__lt, start__lte
Example - /expeditions/?space_station=18
Search
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/166/?format=api
{ "id": 166, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/expeditions/166/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 21", "start": "2025-10-31T19:22:00Z", "end": null, "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-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong_space__image_20231031004146.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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": 1116, "name": "Shenzhou 21 Patch", "priority": 10, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/shenzhou252021_mission_patch_20250322034856.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": 492, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/492/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 21 EVA 1", "start": "2025-12-09T02:28:00Z", "end": "2025-12-09T10:45:00Z", "duration": "PT8H17M", "location": "Tiangong Space Station" }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 493, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/493/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 21 EVA 2", "start": "2026-03-16T04:35:00Z", "end": "2026-03-16T11:35:00Z", "duration": "PT7H", "location": "Tiangong Space Station" } ], "crew": [ { "id": 5198, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 752, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/752/?format=api", "name": "Zhang Lu", "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": 431, "name": "Zhang Lu official portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang_lu_offici_image_20251030081918.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang_lu_offici_image_thumbnail_20251030081918.jpeg", "credit": "CNSA", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P334DT19H9M11S", "eva_time": "P1DT16H23M", "age": 49, "date_of_birth": "1976-11-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Zhang Lu is a Chinese pilot selected in 2010 to be an astronaut.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "first_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z", "social_media_links": [] } }, { "id": 5166, "role": { "id": 32, "role": "Operator", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 864, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/864/?format=api", "name": "Fei Wu", "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": 2501, "name": "Fei Wu", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/fei_wu_image_20251030081821.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/fei_wu_image_thumbnail_20251030081821.jpeg", "credit": "CNSA", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P148DT11H46M39S", "eva_time": "PT15H17M", "age": 32, "date_of_birth": "1993-10-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Wu Fei is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in January 2021, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 2015. He was a engineer at the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) prior to joining the astronaut corps.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "first_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "social_media_links": [] } }, { "id": 5167, "role": { "id": 32, "role": "Operator", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 865, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/865/?format=api", "name": "Hongzhang Zhang", "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": 2500, "name": "Hongzhang Zhang official portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hongzhang_zhang_image_20251030081806.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hongzhang_zhang_image_thumbnail_20251030081806.jpeg", "credit": "CNSA", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P148DT11H46M41S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 39, "date_of_birth": "1986-04-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Zhang Hongzhang is a Chinese astronaut selected as a payload specialist as part of the Shenzhou program. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 2004. He was a researcher on battery technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics prior to joining the astronaut corps.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "first_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "social_media_links": [] } } ] }
