See the Wiki for full API Documentation
Example Response
GET https://api.spacexdata.com/v2/launches/latest{
"flight_number":60,
"launch_year":"2018",
"launch_date_unix":1524091860,
"launch_date_utc":"2018-04-18T22:51:00Z",
"launch_date_local":"2018-04-18T18:51:00-04:00",
"rocket":{
"rocket_id":"falcon9",
"rocket_name":"Falcon 9",
"rocket_type":"FT",
"first_stage":{
"cores":[
{
"core_serial":"B1045",
"flight":1,
"block":4,
"reused":false,
"land_success":true,
"landing_type":"ASDS",
"landing_vehicle":"OCISLY"
}
]
},
"second_stage":{
"payloads":[
{
"payload_id":"TESS",
"reused":false,
"customers":[
"NASA"
],
"payload_type":"Satellite",
"payload_mass_kg":350,
"payload_mass_lbs":772,
"orbit":"HEO"
}
]
}
},
"telemetry":{
"flight_club":"https://www.flightclub.io/results/?code=TESS"
},
"reuse":{
"core":true,
"side_core1":false,
"side_core2":false,
"fairings":false,
"capsule":false
},
"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/MqflnNF.png",
"reddit_campaign":"https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/88l46q/tess_launch_campaign_thread/",
"reddit_launch":"https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/8cm61o/rspacex_tess_official_launch_discussion_updates/",
"reddit_recovery":null,
"reddit_media":"https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/8cmzop/rspacex_tess_media_thread_videos_images_gifs/",
"presskit":"http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/tesspresskitfinal417.pdf",
"article_link":"https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/19/all-sky-surveyor-launched-from-cape-canaveral-on-the-hunt-for-exoplanets/",
"video_link":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-0uBIYYKk"
},
"details":"Part of the Explorers program, this space telescope is intended for wide-field search of exoplanets transiting nearby stars. It is the first NASA high priority science mission launched by SpaceX. It was the first time SpaceX launched a scientific satellite not primarily intended for Earth observations. The second stage placed it into a high-Earth elliptical orbit, after which the satellite's own booster will perform complex maneuvers including a lunar flyby, and over the course of two months, reach a stable, 2:1 resonant orbit with the Moon. In January 2018, SpaceX received NASA's Launch Services Program Category 2 certification of its Falcon 9 'Full Thrust', certification which is required for launching medium risk missions like TESS. It was the last launch of a new Block 4 booster, and marked the 24th successful recovery of the booster. An experimental water landing was performed in order to attempt fairing recovery."
}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
- For any other questions or concerns, just shoot me an email