Spaceflight News API

Free API aggregating space and astronomy news from major outlets like NASA, ESA, SpaceX, and others.

Status
🟢 Online · 785 ms

30-day uptime
97.47%

Free tier
Unlimited, no key, no credit card

Auth
No key required

Last 30 days

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Spaceflight News API require an API key?

No, Spaceflight News API is freely accessible without registration or an API key.

What is Spaceflight News API's free tier?

Unlimited, no key, no credit card

Is Spaceflight News API currently online?

We check Spaceflight News API every hour. The current status is shown at the top of this page. You can also see the 30-day uptime history in the chart above.

Implementation notes

When to use Spaceflight News API

The Spaceflight News API (SNAPI) is the only free, no-key news API focused on space and astronomy. It aggregates articles from NASA, ESA, SpaceX, Roscosmos, Blue Origin, and specialist outlets. Use it for space-themed apps, educational tools, or monitoring launch windows.

Common pitfalls

SNAPI v4 introduced breaking changes from v3 in 2023 — notably the pagination format changed from `next`/`previous` URL strings to offset-based integers. Code written against v3 must be updated; v3 endpoints now redirect rather than return data.
Article content is a short summary (50-150 words), not the full text. The `url` field links to the original source for full text, which requires fetching and parsing a third-party page.
There is no category or topic filter. The `search` parameter matches against article titles and summaries, but SNAPI has no taxonomy for filtering by mission, agency, or topic area beyond free-text search.
Publishing latency varies by source. Articles from NASA.gov typically appear within 2-4 hours of publication; articles from smaller outlets can lag by 12-24 hours.

Quick start (bash)

curl "https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=5&search=SpaceX"

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