# SpaceX (Community API)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/spacex/  
**APIs profiled:** 15

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.

## Kin Score — 34.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 34.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 26.2 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 50.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (15)

- **SpaceX GraphQL API (community)** — Community-maintained GraphQL gateways over the SpaceX REST data, providing typed schema access and nested-field selection across launches, rockets, missions, payloads, ships, an...
- **SpaceX (Community API) Capsules API** — Detailed info for serialized Dragon capsules.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Company API** — Detailed info about SpaceX as a company (single document).
- **SpaceX (Community API) Cores API** — Detailed info for serialized first-stage cores.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Crew API** — Detailed info on Dragon crew members.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Dragons API** — Detailed info about Dragon capsule versions.
- **SpaceX (Community API) History API** — Detailed info on SpaceX historical events.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Landpads API** — Detailed info about landing pads and droneships.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Launches API** — Detailed info about SpaceX launches (v4 and v5).
- **SpaceX (Community API) Launchpads API** — Detailed info about launchpads.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Payloads API** — Detailed info about launch payloads.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Roadster API** — Detailed info about Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster ephemeris.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Rockets API** — Detailed info about rocket versions.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Ships API** — Detailed info about ships in the SpaceX fleet.
- **SpaceX (Community API) Starlink API** — Detailed info about Starlink satellites and orbits.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Spacex Agentic Access** — 43 operations · 13 acting

## Security (2)

- **Spacex Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Spacex Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC

## Plans (1)

- **Spacex Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Space, Launch, Satellites, Starlink, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Rockets, Open-Source, Community, REST, GraphQL, Open Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/spacex/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.