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, 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/28/?format=api
{ "id": 28, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/expeditions/28/?format=api", "name": "Mir EO-22", "start": "1996-08-17T13:18:00Z", "end": "1997-03-02T06:44:00Z", "response_mode": "detailed", "spacestation": { "id": 5, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/5/?format=api", "name": "Mir", "image": { "id": 1943, "name": "[AUTO] Mir - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mir_image_20190218204938.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194215.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "founded": "1986-02-20", "deorbited": "2001-03-23", "description": "Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996.\r\n\r\nThe station served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of space.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "owners": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": true, "country": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": 1992, "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 25, "name": "[AUTO] Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184652.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 177, "name": "[AUTO] Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_logo_20190207032459.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185118.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 89, "name": "[AUTO] Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_nation_20230531052758.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184841.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } } ] }, "mission_patches": [], "spacewalks": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 114, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/114/?format=api", "name": "PE-22 EVA 1", "start": "1996-12-02T15:54:00Z", "end": "1996-12-02T21:51:00Z", "duration": "PT5H57M", "location": "Mir" }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 115, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/115/?format=api", "name": "PE-22 EVA 2", "start": "1996-12-09T13:52:00Z", "end": "1996-12-09T20:28:00Z", "duration": "PT6H36M", "location": "Mir" } ], "crew": [ { "id": 2673, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 170, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/170/?format=api", "name": "Valery Korzun", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 474, "name": "[AUTO] Valery Korzun - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/valery2520korzun_image_20181129233723.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185941.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P381DT15H41M8S", "eva_time": "PT22H17M", "age": 72, "date_of_birth": "1953-03-05", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Valery Grigoryevich Korzun (Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Корзун, born 5 March 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Korzun", "last_flight": "2002-06-05T21:22:49Z", "first_flight": "1996-08-17T13:18:03Z", "social_media_links": [] } }, { "id": 2654, "role": { "id": 3, "role": "Flight Engineer", "priority": 2 }, "astronaut": { "id": 160, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/160/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Kaleri", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 718, "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Kaleri - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520kaleri_image_20181129232134.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190613.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P769DT6H35M", "eva_time": "PT23H23M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-05-13", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Aleksandr Yuriyevich \"Sasha\" Kaleri (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Калери; born Jūrmala, Latvian SSR, USSR, 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving as a flight engineer for the long duration Expedition 25/26 missions. He has spent the fourth-longest time in space of any person, the longest time in space of any currently active cosmonaut, and the longest time in space of any person not born in what is now Russia.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaleri", "last_flight": "2010-10-07T23:10:55Z", "first_flight": "1992-03-17T10:54:30Z", "social_media_links": [] } }, { "id": 311, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 451, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/451/?format=api", "name": "Jerry M. Linenger", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 360, "name": "[AUTO] Jerry M. Linenger - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerry2520m.2520linenger_image_20181202145028.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185643.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P143DT2H48M44S", "eva_time": "PT4H59M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1955-01-09", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger", "last_flight": "1997-01-12T09:27:23Z", "first_flight": "1994-09-09T22:22:53Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 124, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191027.jpeg", "credit": "X", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://twitter.com/Linenger" } ] } }, { "id": 360, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 363, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/363/?format=api", "name": "John E. Blaha", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 651, "name": "[AUTO] John E. Blaha - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520e.2520blaha_image_20181202112023.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190420.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P161DT2H45M31S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1942-08-26", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.\r\n\r\nBlaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Blaha", "last_flight": "1996-09-16T08:54:49Z", "first_flight": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z", "social_media_links": [] } }, { "id": 161, "role": { "id": 7, "role": "Mission Specialist", "priority": 4 }, "astronaut": { "id": 352, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/352/?format=api", "name": "Shannon Lucid", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 830, "name": "[AUTO] Shannon Lucid - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shannon2520lucid_image_20181202104248.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190904.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "list", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P223DT2H50M6S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1943-01-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to have served aboard Mir.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid", "last_flight": "1996-03-22T08:13:04Z", "first_flight": "1985-06-17T11:33:00Z", "social_media_links": [] } } ] }
