Astronaut Instance
API endpoint that allows Astronaut to be viewed.
GET: Return a list of all the existing astronauts.
MODE: Normal, List, LaunchList and Detailed /2.0.0/astronaut/?mode=detailed
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'nationality', 'agency__name', 'agency__abbrev', 'date_of_birth', 'date_of_death', 'status_ids' Example - /2.0.0/astronaut/?nationality=American
SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.0.0/astronaut/?search=armstrong Searches through name, nationality and agency name
ORDERING: Fields - 'name', 'status', 'date_of_birth' Example - /2.0.0/astronaut/?order=name
GET /2.0.0/astronaut/297/?format=api
{ "id": 297, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/297/?format=api", "name": "Zhang Xiaoguang", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1966-05-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Zhang Xiaoguang is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.\r\n\r\nHe was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang2520xiaoguang_image_20181201232412.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190829.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaoguang", "flights": [ { "id": "249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 544, "slug": "long-march-2fg-shenzhou-10", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-10", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_end": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_start": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 1682, "configuration": { "id": 84, "launch_library_id": 111, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2F/G", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "variant": "F/G" } }, "mission": { "id": 898, "launch_library_id": 45, "name": "Shenzhou-10", "description": "This isthe fifth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program which lasted 15 days. Shenzhou-10 began its mission by bringing Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping to the Tiangong-1 space station. During their 12-day stay at the station astronauts conducted space medicine and technological experiments, and Wang Yaping gave a lecture for over 60 million Chinese students. On 23 June undocked from the station and performed manual re-docking procedure, which was one of the objectives of the mission. On 25 June Shenzhou-10 undocked from the station and landed safely on the morning of the next day.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/37/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.957893,100.290944", "latitude": "40.957893", "longitude": "100.290944", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "total_launch_count": 303, "total_landing_count": 3 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_37_20200803143603.jpg", "total_launch_count": 29 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_22_lau_image_20251129175823.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 7, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/7/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "description": "The Shenzhou program is a crewed spaceflight initiative by China. The program put the first Chinese citizen, Yang Liwei, into orbit on 15 October 2003.", "agencies": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_program_20200820204745.PNG", "start_date": "1993-01-01T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_program" } ] } ], "landings": [ { "id": 446, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/446/?format=api", "destination": "Tiangong-1", "mission_end": "2013-06-26T00:07:00Z", "spacecraft": { "id": 427, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/427/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 10", "serial_number": "10", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "The Shenzhou spacecraft docked with the Tiangong-1 trial space laboratory module on 13 June, and the astronauts performed physical, technological, and scientific experiments while on board. Shenzhou 10 was the final mission to Tiangong 1 in this portion of the Tiangong program.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 2, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/2/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 544, "slug": "long-march-2fg-shenzhou-10", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-10", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_end": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_start": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 1682, "configuration": { "id": 84, "launch_library_id": 111, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2F/G", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "variant": "F/G" } }, "mission": { "id": 898, "launch_library_id": 45, "name": "Shenzhou-10", "description": "This isthe fifth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program which lasted 15 days. Shenzhou-10 began its mission by bringing Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping to the Tiangong-1 space station. During their 12-day stay at the station astronauts conducted space medicine and technological experiments, and Wang Yaping gave a lecture for over 60 million Chinese students. On 23 June undocked from the station and performed manual re-docking procedure, which was one of the objectives of the mission. On 25 June Shenzhou-10 undocked from the station and landed safely on the morning of the next day.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/37/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.957893,100.290944", "latitude": "40.957893", "longitude": "100.290944", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "total_launch_count": 303, "total_landing_count": 3 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_37_20200803143603.jpg", "total_launch_count": 29 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_22_lau_image_20251129175823.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 7, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/7/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "description": "The Shenzhou program is a crewed spaceflight initiative by China. The program put the first Chinese citizen, Yang Liwei, into orbit on 15 October 2003.", "agencies": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_program_20200820204745.PNG", "start_date": "1993-01-01T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_program" } ] } } ], "last_flight": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "first_flight": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z" }
