SpaceX (Community API)

aid: spacex
name: SpaceX (Community API)
description: >-
  Community-maintained, open-source REST and GraphQL API for SpaceX data —
  launches, rockets, capsules, cores, crew, dragons, payloads, ships,
  landpads, launchpads, Starlink satellites, the Tesla Roadster ephemeris,
  company info, and historical events. Operated by the r-spacex community
  (the same group behind the r/SpaceX subreddit) and licensed Apache 2.0.
  The canonical hosted base URL is https://api.spacexdata.com and the
  canonical source repository is https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API.

  The API is currently in MAINTENANCE-ONLY MODE as of 2024. New launches
  and missions are NOT being added to the dataset; the project remains
  online for historical lookups and as a teaching/sample API. This makes
  it an excellent fixture for SDK tutorials, MCP server demos, and API
  design exercises, but it is no longer a live source of upcoming SpaceX
  flight data.

  The data is organized as a MongoDB document store with cross-resource
  UUID references; the /query endpoints expose mongoose-paginate-v2 with
  full MongoDB find()/options semantics. Authentication is only required
  for destructive (create/update/delete) admin routes; all read operations
  are public. This community project is not affiliated with, endorsed by,
  or officially connected to Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
x-status: maintenance-only
x-status-note: >-
  As of 2024 the r-spacex/SpaceX-API project is in maintenance-only mode.
  New launches, payloads, crew, and starlink records are NOT being added;
  existing data remains queryable and historical only.
tags:
  - Space
  - Launch
  - Satellites
  - Starlink
  - Falcon 9
  - Falcon Heavy
  - Dragon
  - Rockets
  - Open Source
  - Community
  - REST
  - GraphQL
  - Open Data
apis:
  - aid: spacex:rest-api
    name: SpaceX REST API (v4 + v5)
    description: >-
      Open-source REST API exposing all SpaceX launch, rocket, capsule,
      core, crew, dragon, ship, landpad, launchpad, payload, Starlink,
      Roadster, company, and history data. v4 is the canonical resource
      surface; the Launches resource also has a v5 surface that omits
      the v4 response/query transforms. Read operations are unauthenticated;
      destructive operations require an x-spacex-key header.
    humanURL: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
    baseURL: https://api.spacexdata.com
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    tags:
      - Launches
      - Rockets
      - Capsules
      - Cores
      - Crew
      - Dragons
      - Payloads
      - Ships
      - Landpads
      - Launchpads
      - Starlink
      - Roadster
      - Company
      - History
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/tree/master/docs
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/README.md
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/spacex-rest-api-openapi.yml
      - type: Postman
        url: https://app.getpostman.com/run-collection/ed4ed700dcc55b2c1f1c
      - type: License
        url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/LICENSE
      - type: ChangeLog
        url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/releases
      - type: Status
        url: https://status.spacexdata.com
      - type: Backups
        url: https://backups.spacexdata.com
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-launch-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-rocket-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-capsule-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-core-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-crew-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-dragon-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-payload-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-ship-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-launchpad-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-landpad-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-starlink-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-roadster-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-company-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/spacex-history-schema.json
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/spacex-launches.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/spacex-rockets.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/spacex-crew.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/spacex-starlink.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/spacex-fleet.yaml
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Tearth/Oddity
        title: .NET SDK (Oddity)
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/SaidBySolo/SpaceXPy
        title: Python SDK (SpaceXPy)
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/SaiBalaji22/KSBSpacexKit
        title: Swift SDK (KSBSpacexKit)
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/AzuxDario/Marsy
        title: C++ SDK (Marsy)
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/AkiaCode/spacex-api.js
        title: Node.js SDK (spacex-api.js)
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/ahsanz024/spacex_api
        title: Dart SDK
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/victorperez/spacex-api-ruby
        title: Ruby SDK
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/artfultom/spacex-api
        title: Java SDK
  - aid: spacex:graphql-api
    name: SpaceX GraphQL API (community)
    description: >-
      Community-maintained GraphQL gateways over the SpaceX REST data,
      providing typed schema access and nested-field selection across
      launches, rockets, missions, payloads, ships, and crew. Multiple
      community gateways exist; the SpaceXLand/api project is the most
      widely cited reference implementation. Like the REST surface, the
      underlying dataset is in maintenance-only mode as of 2024.
    humanURL: https://github.com/SpaceXLand/api
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    tags:
      - GraphQL
      - Launches
      - Rockets
      - Missions
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/SpaceXLand/api
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/SpaceXLand/api
      - type: GraphQLAlternative
        url: https://github.com/jor-dan/SpaceX-GraphQL
        title: SpaceX-GraphQL (Jordan Owens)
      - type: GraphQLAlternative
        url: https://github.com/Kartikkumargujarati/xploration-graphql
        title: xploration-graphql
      - type: GraphQLAlternative
        url: https://github.com/kevinstd/spacex-graphql-gateway
        title: spacex-graphql-gateway
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/LICENSE
    title: Apache License 2.0
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/tree/master/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/README.md
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/releases
  - type: Issues
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/issues
  - type: PullRequests
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/pulls
  - type: Status
    url: https://status.spacexdata.com
  - type: Backups
    url: https://backups.spacexdata.com
  - type: DockerImage
    url: https://hub.docker.com/r/jakewmeyer/spacex-api/
  - type: Clients
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/clients.md
  - type: Apps
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/apps.md
  - type: APIStyleGuide
    url: https://github.com/r-spacex/api-style-guide
  - type: Subreddit
    url: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/spacex-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/spacex-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spacex-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spacex-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spacex-context.jsonld
  - type: Tools
    title: MCP Server (community)
    url: https://github.com/fercervantesx/lnl-spacex-mcp-server
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spacex/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-29'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]