Modes

Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed

Example - /space_stations/?mode=detailed

Filters

Parameters - docked_vehicles, docked_vehicles__gt, docked_vehicles__gte, docked_vehicles__lt, docked_vehicles__lte, id, name, name__contains, onboard_crew, onboard_crew__gt, onboard_crew__gte, onboard_crew__lt, onboard_crew__lte, orbit, owner__ids, owners, status, status__ids, type

Example - /space_stations/?onboard_crew__gte=1

Fields searched - name, owners__abbrev, owners__name

Example - /space_stations/?search=Salyut

Ordering

Fields - docked_vehicles, founded, id, name, onboard_crew, status, type, volume

Example - /space_stations/?ordering=founded

Number of results

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

Example - /space_stations/?limit=2

Format

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

Help

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

GET /2.3.0/space_stations/5/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "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": []
            }
        }
    ],
    "response_mode": "detailed",
    "active_expeditions": [],
    "height": 27.5,
    "width": 31.0,
    "mass": 129.7,
    "volume": 350,
    "onboard_crew": 0,
    "docked_vehicles": 0,
    "docking_location": [
        {
            "id": 6,
            "name": "Kvant-1 aft",
            "currently_docked": null
        },
        {
            "id": 7,
            "name": "Mir-Progress 27",
            "currently_docked": null
        },
        {
            "id": 8,
            "name": "Kvant-2",
            "currently_docked": null
        },
        {
            "id": 10,
            "name": "Kristall module",
            "currently_docked": null
        },
        {
            "id": 11,
            "name": "Mir SO starboard",
            "currently_docked": null
        },
        {
            "id": 29,
            "name": "Mir Core aft",
            "currently_docked": null
        },
        {
            "id": 37,
            "name": "Mir Core forward",
            "currently_docked": null
        }
    ],
    "active_docking_events": []
}