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Spaceflight News API

Free spaceflight news API with no key: articles, blogs and reports from major space outlets, with search, filtering and pagination. Tested curl example.

No API key requiredCORS enabledHTTPSFree tier

Endpoint tested and returned HTTP 200 on 2026-08-19

What is the Spaceflight News API?

The Spaceflight News API is a free, key-free API aggregating space and astronomy news articles, blog posts and reports from major outlets, with full search, filtering and pagination support.

Genuinely free news APIs are rare — most commercial providers cap free tiers at a few hundred calls a month and forbid production use. Spaceflight News is a community-run exception with no key and no such restriction.

It aggregates from established outlets including SpaceNews, NASASpaceflight and Space.com, normalising them into one schema with title, summary, image, publication date and source. That makes building a topic-focused news feed a genuinely small amount of work.

Quick facts

Base URL
https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4
Authentication
No key required.
Rate limit
No published hard limit; reasonable use expected.
Pricing
Free and open source.
CORS
Enabled — callable directly from browser JavaScript
Official docs
Read the docs

How to use the Spaceflight News API

Every request below was executed against the live API on 2026-08-19, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

1. Fetch the latest spaceflight news article

GET https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1

curl
curl 'https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1'
JavaScript (fetch)
const res = await fetch("https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
Python (requests)
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())
Response — HTTP 200
{
  "count": 35720,
  "next": "https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1&offset=1",
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 39574,
      "title": "Vantor names new head of U.S. government business",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Sandra Erwin",
          "socials": null
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://spacenews.com/vantor-names-new-head-of-u-s-government-business/",
      "image_url": "https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/rsz_1worldview_3d_rapid_dalian_china_before__after.png?fit=879%2C651&ssl=1",
      "news_site": "SpaceNews",
      "summary": "\nWill Cocos succeeds Susanne Hake as executive vice president and general manager of the the Earth intelligence company’s government business\nThe post Vantor names new head of U.S. government business appeared first on SpaceNews.",
      "published_at": "2026-08-19T12:18:15Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-19T12:20:32.227449Z",
      "featured": false,
      "launches": [],
      "events": []
    }
  ]
}

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
limitintegerOptionalResults per page. Defaults to 10. 1
offsetintegerOptionalPagination offset. 10
searchstringOptionalFull-text search across titles and summaries. starship
news_sitestringOptionalFilter to a specific publisher. SpaceNews
published_at_gtestringOptionalOnly articles published on or after this ISO date. 2026-01-01

Response fields

countinteger
Total matching articles across all pages.
next / previousstring|null
URLs for adjacent pages.
results[].titlestring
Article headline.
results[].summarystring
Article summary text.
results[].image_urlstring
Lead image URL.
results[].news_sitestring
Publisher name.
results[].published_atstring
ISO 8601 publication timestamp.

What you can build with the Spaceflight News API

  • Build a space news aggregator or newsletter
  • Add a topical news feed to an astronomy site
  • Monitor coverage of a specific mission or launch vehicle
  • Practise pagination and search against a real news dataset

Common errors and how to fix them

Empty results array

No articles matched the search or filters.

Fix: Broaden the query; `count` tells you the total before you paginate.

400

Malformed date filter.

Fix: Use ISO 8601 format for published_at_gte and published_at_lte.

Spaceflight News API — frequently asked questions

Is there a genuinely free news API?

Most general news APIs restrict free tiers heavily, but the Spaceflight News API is free with no key and no production restriction — within its space and astronomy niche.

Which publications does it cover?

Established space outlets including SpaceNews, NASASpaceflight and Space.com, normalised into one consistent schema.

Can I search for specific topics?

Yes, the `search` parameter does full-text search across titles and summaries, and you can combine it with date filters and publisher filters.

Does it provide full article text?

No, it provides the title, summary, image and a link to the original article. Full text remains with the publisher, which is the correct approach for licensing.

Tools that pair with this API

Spaceflight News is an independent third-party service and is not affiliated with ByteTools or ByteVancer. Details on this page were verified on 2026-08-19; always check the official documentation before relying on this API in production, as terms and limits can change.