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-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/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-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/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: 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-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/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
  - url: graphql/spacex-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
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: kin@apievangelist.com