Spacecraft Flight Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed
Example - /spacecraft_flights/?mode=detailed
Filters
Parameters - spacecraft
Example - /spacecraft_flights/?spacecraft=289
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /spacecraft_flights/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /spacecraft_flights/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/876/?format=api
{ "id": 876, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/876/?format=api", "destination": "Tiangong Space Station", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 611, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/611/?format=api", "name": "Tianzhou-9", "serial_number": "9", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1937, "name": "[AUTO] Tianzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianzhou_image_20210513100807.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194204.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 0, "mission_ends_count": 0, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Ninth operational Tianzhou spacecraft.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/25/?format=api", "name": "Tianzhou", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "abbrev": "CASC", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": true, "country": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": 1999, "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 8, "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184558.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 124, "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184933.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 50, "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184746.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "family": [], "in_use": true, "image": { "id": 1937, "name": "[AUTO] Tianzhou - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianzhou_image_20210513100807.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194204.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "capability": "Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics", "history": "The Tianzhou is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft that was first launched on April 20, 2017 to resupply Tiangong-1. It demonstrated autonomous propellant transfer in orbit.", "details": "Autonomous cargo spacecraft used to resupply the Chinese Space Station.", "maiden_flight": "2017-04-20", "height": 9.0, "diameter": 3.35, "human_rated": false, "crew_capacity": null, "payload_capacity": 6700, "payload_return_capacity": null, "flight_life": "180 days in orbit", "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianzhou_(spacecraft)", "info_link": "", "spacecraft_flown": 8, "total_launch_count": 8, "successful_launches": 8, "failed_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "launch": { "id": "5c133377-be3c-41f1-ac6a-c24668d78bc3", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/5c133377-be3c-41f1-ac6a-c24668d78bc3/?format=api", "name": "Long March 7 | Tianzhou-9", "response_mode": "normal", "slug": "long-march-7-tianzhou-9", "launch_designator": null, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "To Be Determined", "abbrev": "TBD", "description": "Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources." }, "last_updated": "2025-03-22T04:00:05Z", "net": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 14, "name": "Year", "abbrev": "Y", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given year." }, "window_end": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "image": { "id": 1781, "name": "[AUTO] Long March 7 - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_7_image_20210513083007.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305193741.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "abbrev": "CASC", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "rocket": { "id": 8560, "configuration": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 100, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/100/?format=api", "name": "Long March 7", "families": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 106, "name": "Long March" }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 114, "name": "Long March 7" } ], "full_name": "Long March 7", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7151, "name": "Tianzhou-9", "type": "Resupply", "description": "Eighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.", "image": null, "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1, "name": "Earth" } }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 176, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/176/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [], "name": "201", "image": { "id": 2019, "name": "CZ-8 liftoff from pad 201 (Queqiao-2)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-8_liftoff_2_image_20240320175819.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-8_liftoff_2_image_thumbnail_20240320175820.jpeg", "credit": "秦英健/Qin Yingjian", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=19.618452,110.955356", "latitude": 19.618452, "longitude": 110.955356, "country": { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_176_20200803143412.jpg", "total_launch_count": 22, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 22, "fastest_turnaround": "P46DT6H35M", "location": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/locations/8/?format=api", "name": "Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1, "name": "Earth", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Planet" }, "diameter": 12742000.0, "mass": 5.972168e+24, "gravity": 9.80655, "length_of_day": "1 00:00:00", "atmosphere": true, "image": { "id": 2040, "name": "Earth (Apollo 17)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_20240402194304.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_thumbnail_20240402194305.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": true, "variants": [] }, "description": "Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth", "total_attempted_launches": 7129, "successful_launches": 6587, "failed_launches": 542, "total_attempted_landings": 1089, "successful_landings": 1046, "failed_landings": 43 }, "active": true, "country": { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" }, "description": "The Wenchang Space Launch Site is a rocket launch site located in Wenchang on the island of Hainan, in China.\r\n\r\nFormally a suborbital test center, it currently serves as China's southernmost spaceport. The site was selected for its low latitude, 19° north of the equator, allowing for larger payloads to be launched. It is capable of launching the Long March 5, the heaviest Chinese rocket. Unlike launch facilities on the mainland, Wenchang uses its seaport for deliveries.", "image": { "id": 2019, "name": "CZ-8 liftoff from pad 201 (Queqiao-2)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-8_liftoff_2_image_20240320175819.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-8_liftoff_2_image_thumbnail_20240320175820.jpeg", "credit": "秦英健/Qin Yingjian", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_8_20200803142445.jpg", "longitude": 110.951133, "latitude": 19.614492, "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 37, "total_landing_count": 0 } }, "webcast_live": false, "program": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 19, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/programs/19/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong space station", "image": { "id": 1893, "name": "[AUTO] Tiangong space station - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/chinese2520spa_program_20210608105528.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194050.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station", "description": "The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface.", "agencies": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "abbrev": "CASC", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } } ], "start_date": "2021-04-29T03:23:00Z", "end_date": null, "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7100, "location_launch_attempt_count": 38, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 23, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 521, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 251, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 20 }, "landing": { "id": 1595, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/landings/1595/?format=api", "attempt": false, "success": null, "description": "The Tianzhou-9 spacecraft will burn up upon entering Earth's atmosphere.", "downrange_distance": null, "landing_location": { "id": 12, "name": "Unknown", "active": true, "abbrev": "N/A", "description": null, "location": null, "longitude": null, "latitude": null, "image": null, "successful_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1, "name": "Earth", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Planet" }, "diameter": 12742000.0, "mass": 5.972168e+24, "gravity": 9.80655, "length_of_day": "1 00:00:00", "atmosphere": true, "image": { "id": 2040, "name": "Earth (Apollo 17)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_20240402194304.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_thumbnail_20240402194305.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": true, "variants": [] }, "description": "Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" } }, "type": { "id": 7, "name": "Destructive Reentry", "abbrev": "ATM", "description": "Spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere" } }, "duration": null, "turn_around_time": null, "response_mode": "detailed", "launch_crew": [], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [], "docking_events": [] }
