Space Station List
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
Search
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/?format=api&offset=10&ordering=-onboard_crew
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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", "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. 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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", "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. 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It is a one-third scale model of Bigelow Aerospace's BA330 Module.\r\n\r\nGenesis II became inactive after the avionics systems stopped working 2.5 years into it's lifetime.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "owners": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 140, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/140/?format=api", "name": "Bigelow Aerospace", "abbrev": "Bigelow", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null } ], "response_mode": "normal", "active_expeditions": [] }, { "id": 15, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/15/?format=api", "name": "Salyut 7", "image": { "id": 1950, "name": "[AUTO] Salyut 7 - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salyut25207_image_20190318100217.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194227.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "founded": "1982-04-19", "deorbited": "1991-02-07", "description": "Salyut 7, (a.k.a. DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first manned in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including 12 manned and 15 unmanned launches in total. Supporting spacecraft included the Soyuz T, Progress, and TKS spacecraft.", "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. 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The next space station launched by the Soviet Union was the civilian station Salyut 4; the next military station was Salyut 5, which was the final Almaz space station.", "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. 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