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/866/?format=api
{ "id": 866, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/866/?format=api", "name": "Michaela Benthaus", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "agency": { "id": 141, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "German", "twitter": "https://x.com/MichiBenthaus", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/michi_benthaus/", "bio": "Aerospace and mechatronics engineer. In 2018, she was involved in a mountain biking accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury impacting her ability to walk, but continues to pursue sporting activities outside of work, including wheelchair tennis. She flew aboard a Zero-G research flight in 2022 and completed an analog astronaut mission.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michaela_bentha_image_20251205145838.png", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michaela_bentha_image_thumbnail_20251205145838.png", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_Benthaus", "flights": [], "landings": [ { "id": 898, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/898/?format=api", "destination": "Suborbital", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 608, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/608/?format=api", "name": "Unknown RSS", "serial_number": "TBD", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "The specific spacecraft for this launch is currently unknown.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 21, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/21/?format=api", "name": "Crew Capsule 2.0", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 141, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/crew2520capsule25202.0_image_20190309095011.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "9936c9c4-faff-4e67-9adb-c8c147239d57", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9936c9c4-faff-4e67-9adb-c8c147239d57/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "new-shepard-ns-37", "name": "New Shepard | NS-37", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Go" }, "net": "2025-12-18T14:30:00Z", "window_end": "2025-12-18T22:30:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-18T14:30:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 141, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 8767, "configuration": { "id": 137, "launch_library_id": 9999, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/137/?format=api", "name": "New Shepard", "family": "", "full_name": "New Shepard", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7358, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "NS-37", "description": "NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Tourism", "orbit": { "id": 15, "name": "Suborbital", "abbrev": "Sub" } }, "pad": { "id": 90, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/90/?format=api", "agency_id": 141, "name": "West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch", "info_url": "https://www.blueorigin.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Ranch", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=31.422878000000000,-104.757121000000000", "latitude": "31.422878", "longitude": "-104.757121", "location": { "id": 29, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/29/?format=api", "name": "Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_29_20200803142436.jpg", "total_launch_count": 36, "total_landing_count": 36 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_90_20200803143233.jpg", "total_launch_count": 36 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/new_shepard_lif_image_20240621062033.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] } } ], "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null }
