juliensimon/spacex-launches

SpaceX Launch History

Credit: NASA

Part of a dataset collection on Hugging Face.

Dataset description

Complete record of every SpaceX launch from spacex.com, including mission descriptions, pre/post-launch timelines, and photo galleries. Covers Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship missions.

The data is sourced from the official SpaceX content API and organized into three tables that can be joined on the slug field: launches (one row per mission with all metadata), timelines (countdown/deployment events), and carousel (mission photos with captions).

SpaceX has transformed the economics of spaceflight through first-stage reuse, achieving rapid launch cadence with Falcon 9 and developing Starship as the next-generation fully reusable vehicle.

This dataset is suitable for tabular classification tasks.

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Sample	Null %
id	int64	Internal SpaceX CMS (Strapi) identifier; opaque string, stable within the CMS	3698	0.0%
document_id	str	CMS document reference used for CMS versioning; opaque, not meaningful for analysis	sxqbl85uj9lzvnrlsoly6zyk	0.0%
title	str	Human-readable mission name from spacex.com (e.g. 'Starlink Mission', 'CRS-25', 'Intuitive Machines-1')	Starlink Mission	0.0%
slug	str	URL slug used as the primary key and join field across all three tables (e.g. 'sl-10-22'); unique per mission	sl-17-27	0.0%
mission_status	str	Mission lifecycle state: 'final' = completed, 'upcoming' = not yet launched, 'in-progress' = currently executing	final	0.0%
mission_type	str	Mission category: 'starlink', 'commercialSatellite', 'resupply', 'nssl', 'hsf', 'rideshare', 'science', 'starship'	starlink	1.2%
vehicle	str	Launch vehicle variant: 'Falcon 9', 'Falcon Heavy', 'Starship', or 'Falcon 1' (retired)	Falcon 9	0.0%
launch_site	str	Launch complex and geographic location (e.g. 'SLC-40, Florida', 'LC-39A, Florida', 'SLC-4E, California')	SLC-4E, California	0.0%
launch_date	datetime64[us]	UTC calendar date of launch (YYYY-MM-DD); null for upcoming missions without a confirmed date	2026-04-14 00:00:00	0.6%
launch_time	str	UTC launch time in HH:MM:SS format; null for unconfirmed upcoming launches	21:29:00	0.6%
return_site	str	First-stage landing site (e.g. 'LZ-1', 'JRTI' droneship, 'OCISLY' droneship); null if no landing attempted	Droneship	0.0%
return_date_time	str	Timestamp of first-stage return/landing (if available); null for expendable flights	October 2026	99.5%
end_date	datetime64[us]	Mission completion date (e.g. Dragon splashdown, satellite handoff); null if ongoing or not recorded	2026-02-26 00:00:00	95.2%
end_time	str	Mission completion time (UTC HH:MM:SS); null if not recorded	23:45:00	95.5%
direct_to_cell	bool	True for Starlink Direct-to-Cell missions (satellites with cellular connectivity capability)	False	0.0%
is_live	bool	True if the mission is currently streaming live; typically False in archived data	False	0.0%
description	str	Full plaintext mission description sourced from spacex.com (HTML stripped); null for missions without a published description	On Tuesday, April 14 at 9:29 p.m. PT,...	3.2%
astronauts	str	JSON array of crew member data (name, title, image) for crewed missions; null for uncrewed flights	[{"id": 1249, "name": "Jessica Meir "...	97.0%
webcast_id	str	Video identifier for the official launch webcast; null if no webcast was published	2038613594133143561	10.9%
webcast_platform	str	Streaming platform hosting the webcast (e.g. 'x.com', 'youtube'); null if no webcast	x.com	15.7%
follow_dragon_enabled	object	True if real-time Dragon capsule tracking was available for this mission; null for non-Dragon missions	False	3.2%
launch_datetime	datetime64[us]	Combined UTC launch datetime (date + time); null if launch_time is not available	2026-04-14 21:29:00	0.6%
launch_year	Int64	Calendar year of launch derived from launch_date; useful for time-series grouping; null if launch_date is null	2026	0.6%
success	bool	True if mission_status == 'final' (mission completed); False for upcoming or in-progress	True	0.0%
has_landing	bool	True if return_site is non-null, indicating a first-stage landing was recorded	True	0.0%

Quick stats

• 663 total missions (658 completed, 4 upcoming)
• Vehicles: Falcon 9 (630), Starship (17), Falcon Heavy (11), Falcon 1 (5)
• Top mission types: starlink (383), commercialSatellite (116), resupply (39), nssl (37), hsf (22)
• 663 missions with landing data
• 642 missions with descriptions
• 3,274 timeline events, 300 carousel photos
• SpaceX totals: 639 launches, 599 landings, 561 reflights

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("juliensimon/spacex-launches", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load main launches table
launches = load_dataset("juliensimon/spacex-launches", "launches", split="train")
df = launches.to_pandas()

# Falcon 9 missions
f9 = df[df["vehicle"] == "Falcon 9"]
print(f"{len(f9):,} Falcon 9 launches")

# Launches per year
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
df.groupby("launch_year").size().plot(kind="bar", title="SpaceX Launches per Year")
plt.xlabel("Year")
plt.ylabel("Launch Count")
plt.show()

# Load timelines and join
timelines = load_dataset("juliensimon/spacex-launches", "timelines", split="train")
tl = timelines.to_pandas()

# Post-launch events for a specific mission
events = tl[(tl["slug"] == "sl-10-22") & (tl["phase"] == "post_launch")]
print(events[["event_time", "description"]])

Data source

https://www.spacex.com/launches

Update schedule

Daily incremental updates via GitHub Actions

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About the author

Created by Julien Simon — AI Operating Partner at Fortino Capital. Part of the Space Datasets collection.

Citation

@dataset{spacex_launches,
  title = {SpaceX Launch History},
  author = {juliensimon},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/juliensimon/spacex-launches},
  publisher = {Hugging Face}
}

License

CC-BY-4.0