GET

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/500/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "id": 500,
  "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/500/?format=api",
  "name": "Edward Michael Fincke",
  "status": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Retired"
  },
  "type": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Government"
  },
  "agency": {
    "id": 44,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api",
    "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
    "type": "Government"
  },
  "date_of_birth": "1967-03-14",
  "date_of_death": null,
  "nationality": "American",
  "twitter": null,
  "instagram": null,
  "bio": "Edward Michael \"Mike\"/\"Spanky\" Fincke is a retired United States Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but considers its suburb Emsworth to be his hometown. He is a veteran of three long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer on Expedition 9, as commander of Expedition 18, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 73 and commander of Expedition 74, as well as one Space Shuttle mission, STS-134, as a mission specialist.",
  "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_fincke_image_20220911033941.jpeg",
  "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185523.jpeg",
  "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fincke",
  "flights": [],
  "landings": [],
  "last_flight": "2025-08-01T15:43:42Z",
  "first_flight": "2004-04-19T03:19:00Z"
}