Spacecraft List
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/?format=api&offset=460&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 610, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/?format=api&limit=10&offset=470&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/?format=api&limit=10&offset=450&ordering=-flights_count", "results": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 384, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/384/?format=api", "name": "Progress 31", "serial_number": "Progress 31 (No.138)", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P50DT4H17M49S", "time_docked": "P47DT1H30M6S", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Progress 31 (Russian: Прогресс 31), was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the space station Mir.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/8/?format=api", "name": "Progress 7K-TG", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "name": "Progress", "description": "The Progress is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Its purpose is to deliver the supplies needed to sustain a human presence in orbit.", "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1000, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1000/?format=api", "name": "Energia", "abbrev": "OKB-1", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "1978-01-20" } ], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 385, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/385/?format=api", "name": "Progress 30", "serial_number": "Progress 30 (No.137)", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P61DT1H39M50S", "time_docked": "P58DT18H29M13S", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Progress 30 (Russian: Прогресс 30), was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the space station Mir.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/8/?format=api", "name": "Progress 7K-TG", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "name": "Progress", "description": "The Progress is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Its purpose is to deliver the supplies needed to sustain a human presence in orbit.", "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1000, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1000/?format=api", "name": "Energia", "abbrev": "OKB-1", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "1978-01-20" } ], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 404, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/404/?format=api", "name": "Progress 12", "serial_number": "Progress 12 (No.113)", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P55DT2H40M58S", "time_docked": "P52DT2H18M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Progress 12 (Russian: Прогресс 12), was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the space station Salyut 6.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/8/?format=api", "name": "Progress 7K-TG", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "name": "Progress", "description": "The Progress is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Its purpose is to deliver the supplies needed to sustain a human presence in orbit.", "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1000, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1000/?format=api", "name": "Energia", "abbrev": "OKB-1", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "1978-01-20" } ], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 417, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/417/?format=api", "name": "Progress MS-12", "serial_number": "MS-12 (No.442)", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1924, "name": "[AUTO] Progress-MS - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress-ms_image_20231219150735.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194142.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P121DT2H8M14S", "time_docked": "P120DT18H56M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 33, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/33/?format=api", "name": "Progress-MS", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "name": "Progress", "description": "The Progress is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Its purpose is to deliver the supplies needed to sustain a human presence in orbit.", "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1000, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1000/?format=api", "name": "Energia", "abbrev": "OKB-1", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "1978-01-20" } ], "in_use": true, "image": { "id": 1924, "name": "[AUTO] Progress-MS - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress-ms_image_20231219150735.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194142.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 419, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/419/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 2", "serial_number": "2", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT18H21M57S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Inside the reentry capsule were a monkey, a dog and a rabbit in a test of the spaceship's life support systems. The reentry module separated from the rest of the spacecraft after just over seven days in orbit, with the orbital module staying in orbit for another 220 days.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/2/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "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" } }, "family": [], "in_use": true, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 420, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/420/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 3", "serial_number": "3", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT18H35M56S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "This was the first Shenzhou spacecraft launched that could have actually carried a human and as such the main objective of the mission was to test the systems required to support a human in space. On board it carried a dummy to simulate physiological signals of a human — palpitation, pulse, breathing, eating, metabolism, and excretion.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/2/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "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" } }, "family": [], "in_use": true, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 421, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/421/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 4", "serial_number": "4", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P6DT18H35M56S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "The spacecraft was equipped for a manned flight, even featuring a sleeping bag, food, and medication. The windows were constructed of a new material that was designed to stay clear even after reentry to allow an astronaut to confirm that the parachutes have deployed properly. It was said that the spacecraft flown on Shenzhou 4 had no major differences to that used on Shenzhou 5. It flew with the ability for manual control and emergency landing, systems needed for a manned flight. A week before the launch, astronauts trained in the spacecraft to familiarise themselves with its systems.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/2/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "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" } }, "family": [], "in_use": true, "image": { "id": 1926, "name": "[AUTO] Shenzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194145.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 399, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/399/?format=api", "name": "Progress 17", "serial_number": "Progress 17 (No.119)", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P31DT11H34M37S", "time_docked": "P28DT21H57M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Progress 17 (Russian: Прогресс 17), was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the space station Salyut 7.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/8/?format=api", "name": "Progress 7K-TG", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "name": "Progress", "description": "The Progress is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Its purpose is to deliver the supplies needed to sustain a human presence in orbit.", "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1000, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1000/?format=api", "name": "Energia", "abbrev": "OKB-1", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "1978-01-20" } ], "in_use": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 400, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/400/?format=api", "name": "Progress 16", "serial_number": "Progress 16 (No.115)", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1920, "name": "[AUTO] Progress 7K-TG - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress_7k-tg_image_20231220085840.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194135.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P44DT5H56M24S", "time_docked": "P41DT2H10M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Progress 16 (Russian: Прогресс 16), was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the space station Salyut 7.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/8/?format=api", "name": "Progress 7K-TG", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 2, "name": "Progress", "description": "The Progress is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. 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