Spacecraft Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed
Example - /spacecraft/?mode=detailed
Filters
Parameters - in_space, is_placeholder, name, spacecraft_config, status
Example - /spacecraft/?is_placeholder=True
Search
Fields searched - name, spacecraft_config__name
Example - /spacecraft/?search=Endeavour
Ordering
Fields - flights_count, id, mission_ends_count, time_docked, time_in_space
Example - /spacecraft/?ordering=-flights_count
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /spacecraft/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /spacecraft/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/spacecraft/218/?format=api
{ "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 218, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/218/?format=api", "name": "Dragon C109", "serial_number": "C109", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1245, "name": "Dragon 1 in orbit", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/crs-172520dragon2520berthing_image_20190318203226.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305192134.jpeg", "credit": "NASA", "license": { "id": 4, "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines", "priority": 0, "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/" }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT1M49S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Destroyed" }, "description": "This vehicle was intended to deliver the first of two International Docking Adapters to modify the ISS adapters so that they could be used for future commercial crew missions. However the capsule was destroyed when the Falcon 9 launch vehicle failed in flight.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 3, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/3/?format=api", "name": "Dragon 1", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "abbrev": "SpX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": true, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": 2002, "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 29, "name": "[AUTO] SpaceX - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_image_20190207032501.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184704.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 186, "name": "[AUTO] SpaceX - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185138.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 94, "name": "[AUTO] SpaceX - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_nation_20230531064544.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184848.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 6, "name": "Dragon", "description": "Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX.", "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "abbrev": "SpX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": true, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": 2002, "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 29, "name": "[AUTO] SpaceX - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_image_20190207032501.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184704.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 186, "name": "[AUTO] SpaceX - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185138.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 94, "name": "[AUTO] SpaceX - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_nation_20230531064544.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184848.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "2010-12-08", "spacecraft_flown": 22, "total_launch_count": 52, "successful_launches": 50, "failed_launches": 2, "attempted_landings": 50, "successful_landings": 49, "failed_landings": 1 } ], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1245, "name": "Dragon 1 in orbit", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/crs-172520dragon2520berthing_image_20190318203226.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305192134.jpeg", "credit": "NASA", "license": { "id": 4, "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines", "priority": 0, "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/" }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "capability": "ISS Logistics", "history": "Dragon, also known as Dragon 1 or Cargo Dragon, was a class of fourteen partially reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company.\r\n\r\nIt flew 23 missions between 2010 and 2020.\r\n\r\nDuring its maiden flight in December 2010, Dragon became the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to be recovered successfully from orbit.", "details": "The Dragon spacecraft consists of a nose-cone cap, a conventional blunt-cone ballistic capsule, and an unpressurized cargo-carrier trunk equipped with two solar arrays. Dragon was launched into orbit by the company's Falcon 9 launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).", "maiden_flight": "2010-12-08", "height": 6.1, "diameter": 3.7, "human_rated": false, "crew_capacity": null, "payload_capacity": 6000, "payload_return_capacity": 3000, "flight_life": "One week free flight, up to two years while berthed to the International Space Station.", "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(spacecraft)", "info_link": "https://www.spacex.com/dragon", "spacecraft_flown": 13, "total_launch_count": 22, "successful_launches": 20, "failed_launches": 2, "attempted_landings": 21, "successful_landings": 21, "failed_landings": 0, "fastest_turnaround": "P417DT23H40M31S" }, "fastest_turnaround": null, "flights": [] }
