How to filter the SpaceX API (mongoDB find() based) by a nested array?! Tech Test

Cast to ObjectId failed for value "{ nationalities: 'United States' }" (type Object) at path "payloads" for model "Launch"

{
    "query": {
        "payloads": {"nationalities": "United States"}
    },
    "options": {
        "pagination": true,
        "select": {
            "date_utc": 1,
            "links": 1,
            "payloads": 1,
            "flight_number": 1,
            "name": 1,
            "success": 1,
            "upcoming": 1
        },
        "populate": [
            {
                "path": "payloads",
                "select": {
                    "nationalities": 1
                },
                "retainNullValues": true
            }
        ],
        "sort": {
            "date_utc": "desc"
        }
    }
}