Is Open Notify ISS API (open-notify.org) down right now?

Yes — Open Notify ISS API (open-notify.org) failed our last plain GET (timeout after 8000ms, checked 2026-09-11T20:00:45Z). We check api.open-notify.org with a plain keyless GET every hour; 24h OK-rate: 72%.

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Is Open Notify ISS API (open-notify.org) down?

DOWN right now — timeout after 8000ms.

Last checked 2026-09-11T20:00:45Z · checked every hour · OK-rate 24h: 72% · 7d: 88.2% · raw JSON · Atom feed of its down/recovered events

Failing streak began 2026-09-11T20:00:45Z (1 hours) · last successful check: 2026-09-11T20:00:22Z

Context: The ISS-location/astronauts API from countless Python-requests tutorials still answers — but over plain HTTP only: HTTPS connections fail outright, so any fetch() from an HTTPS-served page dies as mixed content (server-side callers are fine).

What we check: GET http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json — a plain, keyless request from Cloudflare's network with an honest bot UA, exactly what a tutorial curl or an <img> tag experiences. OK = HTTP 2xx/3xx within 8s. No retries, no cookies, no API keys.

Need a tutorial API that answers?

If api.open-notify.org is failing (or you're tired of finding out mid-demo), Mockbird gives you a seeded, persistent REST API for your tutorial or side project — pick a preset (ecommerce/blog/saas) or import any JSON/CSV as your own dataset; writes persist, CORS on, no signup — free, no signup:

curl https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/m/demo/products/1
# create your own in one click (no terminal): https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/app#new=ecommerce

Read the honest Open Notify ISS API (open-notify.org) migration guide → (it also says when Open Notify ISS API (open-notify.org) is the better tool) or create your own mock API in one click.

README badge

Does your project's test suite or tutorial depend on api.open-notify.org? Embed a live status badge — it re-renders from our latest check (cached 5 min):

<!-- Markdown -->
[![api.open-notify.org status](https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/open-notify/badge.svg)](https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/open-notify)

<!-- HTML -->
<a href="https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/open-notify"><img src="https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/status/open-notify/badge.svg" alt="api.open-notify.org status"></a>

Green = answering plain GETs, red = network-dead, amber = answering but with an error status. Every tracked service has one; there's also a summary badge for all 71.

Get pinged when it goes down

Subscribe any webhook URL — no account needed. One message when api.open-notify.org goes down, one when it recovers (debounced: two consecutive hourly checks must agree, so a single blip never fires). Slack and Discord incoming-webhook URLs get a formatted message; anything else gets an HMAC-signed JSON POST.

Or from a terminal / CI script:

curl -X POST https://mockbird.mockbird.workers.dev/api/status/watch \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"service": "open-notify", "url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/T000/B000/XXXX"}'

Use "service": "*" to watch all 71 tracked services at once. The response includes an unsubscribe curl; 5 consecutive failed deliveries auto-unsubscribe. No webhook? Omit "url" to get a pollable subscription instead — GET the returned poll URL anytime for the transitions since your last poll. Full API details →

The same checker can watch your own URL: POST /api/status/monitor {"url": "https://api.example.com/health", "notify": "<webhook>"} — every 30 minutes, alert on down + recovery, free, no account. Monitor API →

Recent checks

Checked at (UTC)	Result	Time
2026-09-11T20:00:45Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T20:00:22Z	OK 200	1352 ms
2026-09-11T19:00:22Z	OK 200	249 ms
2026-09-11T19:00:14Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T18:00:27Z	OK 200	4407 ms
2026-09-11T17:00:34Z	OK 200	279 ms
2026-09-11T16:00:25Z	OK 200	5460 ms
2026-09-11T15:13:35Z	OK 200	1114 ms
2026-09-11T14:00:58Z	OK 200	219 ms
2026-09-11T12:00:45Z	OK 200	233 ms
2026-09-11T11:00:45Z	OK 200	5222 ms
2026-09-11T10:00:46Z	OK 200	88 ms
2026-09-11T09:00:45Z	OK 200	1136 ms
2026-09-11T08:00:45Z	OK 200	97 ms
2026-09-11T07:00:45Z	OK 200	1139 ms
2026-09-11T06:01:09Z	OK 200	4269 ms
2026-09-11T05:01:08Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T04:01:11Z	OK 200	159 ms
2026-09-11T03:01:09Z	OK 200	161 ms
2026-09-11T02:01:05Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-11T01:01:07Z	OK 200	210 ms
2026-09-11T00:01:08Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T23:01:07Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T22:01:06Z	FAIL timeout after 8000ms	8000 ms
2026-09-10T21:00:27Z	OK 200	199 ms
2026-09-10T20:00:29Z	OK 200	189 ms
2026-09-10T19:00:34Z	OK 200	1262 ms

Bias disclosure: this page is run by Mockbird, a free hosted mock-API service. The status data is real and logged verbatim (pull it yourself), and the linked guides say when the incumbent wins.