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.
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 'https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1'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);import requests
res = requests.get("https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=1", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json()){
"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
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | Optional | Results per page. Defaults to 10. 1 |
offset | integer | Optional | Pagination offset. 10 |
search | string | Optional | Full-text search across titles and summaries. starship |
news_site | string | Optional | Filter to a specific publisher. SpaceNews |
published_at_gte | string | Optional | Only 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
JSON Formatter
Format, beautify and minify JSON online with 2-space, 4-space or tab indentation. Sort keys alphabetically and catch syntax errors instantly — free and private.
Timestamp Converter
Convert timestamps to human-readable dates and dates back to timestamps. Auto-detects seconds vs milliseconds, shows local, UTC and ISO 8601 formats.
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.