See the Wiki for full API Documentation
Example Response
GET https://api.spacexdata.com/v2/launches/latest{
"flight_number":59,
"launch_year":"2018",
"launch_date_unix":1522701041,
"launch_date_utc":"2018-04-02T20:30:41Z",
"launch_date_local":"2018-04-02T16:30:41-04:00",
"rocket":{
"rocket_id":"falcon9",
"rocket_name":"Falcon 9",
"rocket_type":"FT",
"first_stage":{
"cores":[
{
"core_serial":"B1039",
"flight":2,
"block":4,
"reused":true,
"land_success":null,
"landing_type":null,
"landing_vehicle":null
}
]
},
"second_stage":{
"payloads":[
{
"payload_id":"SpaceX CRS-14",
"cap_serial":"C110",
"reused":true,
"customers":[
"NASA (CRS)"
],
"payload_type":"Dragon 1.1",
"payload_mass_kg":2760,
"payload_mass_lbs":6084.7,
"orbit":"ISS",
"mass_returned_kg":null,
"mass_returned_lbs":null,
"flight_time_sec":null,
"cargo_manifest":"https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-14_mision_overview_high_res.pdf"
}
]
}
},
"telemetry":{
"flight_club":"https://www.flightclub.io/results/?code=CR14"
},
"reuse":{
"core":true,
"side_core1":false,
"side_core2":false,
"fairings":false,
"capsule":true
},
"launch_site":{
"site_id":"ccafs_slc_40",
"site_name":"CCAFS SLC 40",
"site_name_long":"Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40"
},
"launch_success":true,
"links":{
"mission_patch":"https://i.imgur.com/eHxbiG3.png",
"reddit_campaign":"https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/82op7a/crs14_launch_campaign_thread/",
"reddit_launch":"https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/88s8a7/rspacex_crs14_official_launch_discussion_updates/",
"reddit_recovery":null,
"reddit_media":"https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/88l52i/rspacex_crs14_media_thread_videos_images_gifs/",
"presskit":"http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs-14presskit2018.pdf",
"article_link":null,
"video_link":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPQHG-LevZM"
},
"details":"The launch used a refurbished booster (from CRS-12) for the 11th time, and a refurbished capsule (C110 from CRS-8) for the third time. External payloads include a materials research platform MISSE-FF phase 3 of the Robotic Refueling Mission TSIS, heliophysics sensor several crystallization experiments, and the RemoveDebris spacecraft aimed at space junk removal. The booster was expended in order to test a new landing profile."
}See the Contribution guide for detailed steps
Local development info can be found here
- API is using Node.js with the Koa framework
- All data stored in a MongoDB Atlas 3 node replica set cluster
- Latest database mongodump available here
- Uses Redis for route caching
- Uses Jest and Supertest for unit/integration testing
- Uses Travis CI for continuous integration/delivery
- API deployed on a Heroku pipeline with pull request, staging and production servers
- If you have any questions or corrections, please open an issue and we'll get it merged ASAP
- All data and photos are property of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
- I am not affiliated with SpaceX in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Just a fun side project for me
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