See the Wiki for full API Documentation
Example Response
GET https://api.spacexdata.com/v2/launches/latest{
"flight_number": 55,
"launch_year": "2018",
"launch_date_unix": 1517941800,
"launch_date_utc": "2018-02-06T18:30:00Z",
"launch_date_local": "2018-02-06T13:30:00-05:00",
"rocket": {
"rocket_id": "falconheavy",
"rocket_name": "Falcon Heavy",
"rocket_type": "FT",
"first_stage": {
"cores": [
{
"core_serial": "B1033",
"flight": 1,
"reused": false,
"land_success": false,
"landing_type": "ASDS",
"landing_vehicle": "OCISLY"
},
{
"core_serial": "B1025",
"flight": 2,
"reused": true,
"land_success": true,
"landing_type": "RTLS",
"landing_vehicle": "LZ-1"
},
{
"core_serial": "B1023",
"flight": 2,
"reused": true,
"land_success": true,
"landing_type": "RTLS",
"landing_vehicle": "LZ-1"
}
]
},
"second_stage": {
"payloads": [
{
"payload_id": "Tesla Roadster",
"reused": false,
"customers": [
"SpaceX"
],
"payload_type": "Satellite",
"payload_mass_kg": null,
"payload_mass_lbs": null,
"orbit": "Heliocentric orbit"
}
]
}
},
"telemetry": {
"flight_club": "https://www.flightclub.io/result?code=FHD1"
},
"reuse": {
"core": false,
"side_core1": true,
"side_core2": true,
"fairings": false,
"capsule": false
},
"launch_site": {
"site_id": "ksc_lc_39a",
"site_name": "KSC LC 39A",
"site_name_long": "Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A"
},
"launch_success": true,
"links": {
"mission_patch": "https://i.imgur.com/24OyAPQ.png",
"reddit_campaign": "https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/7hjp03/falcon_heavy_demo_launch_campaign_thread/",
"reddit_launch": "https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/7vg63x/rspacex_falcon_heavy_test_flight_official_launch/",
"reddit_recovery": null,
"reddit_media": "https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/7vimtm/rspacex_falcon_heavy_test_flight_media_thread/",
"presskit": "http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/falconheavypresskit_v1.pdf",
"article_link": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/02/07/spacex-debuts-worlds-most-powerful-rocket-sends-tesla-toward-the-asteroid-belt/",
"video_link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c"
},
"details": "The launch was a success, and the side boosters landed simultaneously at adjacent ground pads. Drone ship landing of the central core is unconfirmed. Final burn to heliocentric mars-earth orbit is expected after the second stage and payload pass through the Van Allen belts, followed by payload separation."
}See the Contribution guide for detailed steps
Local development info can be found here
- API is using Node.js with the Express.js framework
- Uses Jest and Supertest for unit/integration testing
- Uses Travis CI for continuous integration/delivery
- All data stored in a MongoDB Atlas 3 node replica set cluster
- Latest database mongodump available here
- 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
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- I am not affiliated with SpaceX in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Just a fun side project for me
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