Astronaut List
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/?format=api&offset=10&ordering=status
{ "count": 853, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/?format=api&limit=10&offset=20&ordering=status", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/?format=api&limit=10&ordering=status", "results": [ { "id": 57, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/57/?format=api", "name": "Aidyn Aimbetov", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1972-07-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Kazakh", "bio": "Aimbetov was selected to the first Kazakh cosmonaut class in 2002, along with Mukhtar Aimakhanov, out of a pool of 2,000 candidates. From 2003 to 2009, he trained in Russia as a cosmonaut at Star City. He returned to Astana, in Kazakhstan, after failing to secure a spaceflight. He had been scheduled to fly in autumn 2009, but due to the world financial crisis, this fell through. Aimakhanov remained in Russia, becoming a Russian citizen, making Aimbetov the sole Kazakhstani cosmonaut. \r\n\r\nIn June 2015, he was selected to fly on the Soyuz TMA-18M mission in place of singer Sarah Brightman who had withdrawn in May 2015, and her backup, Satoshi Takamatsu, who had also withdrawn. The mission was projected to launch to the International Space Station on 1 September 2015.[4] Aimbetov becomes the third Kazakh-born cosmonaut to fly since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, and the first to fly under the Kazakh flag, and as part of KazCosmos.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidyn_Aimbetov", "agency": { "id": 182, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/182/?format=api", "name": "National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan", "featured": false, "type": "Government", "country_code": "KAZ", "abbrev": "KazCosmos", "description": "The National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or KazCosmos, was founded in 2007. They have launched 3 satellites, 2 of which are still in operation, KazSat-2 and KazSat-3. Their first cosmonaut class had to cosmonauts, one of which, Aidyn Aimbetov, flew aboard the ISS for 10 days. 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It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": "2002", "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_image_20190207032501.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jannicke_mikkel_image_20250329173033.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jannicke_mikkel_image_thumbnail_20250329173034.jpeg", "last_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z" }, { "id": 804, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/804/?format=api", "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown" }, "date_of_birth": "1985-10-10", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Indian", "bio": "Indian astronaut part of the first group of the Indian domestic human spaceflight program.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": null, "agency": { "id": 31, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/31/?format=api", "name": "Indian Space Research Organization", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "IND", "abbrev": "ISRO", "description": "The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to \"harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration.\"", "administrator": "Chairman: V. 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He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 2010.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": null, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CNSA", "description": "The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for the national space program and for planning and development of space activities. CNSA and China Aerospace Corporation (CASC) assumed the authority over space development efforts previously held by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. The CNSA has many launch sites around China with their orbital sites located in Jiuquan, Xichang, Taiyuan and Wenchang.", "administrator": "Administrator: Tang Dengjie", "founding_year": "1993", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "Shenzhou", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_image_20190207032431.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/xinlin_jiang_image_20231025055835.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185525.jpeg", "last_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "first_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z" }, { "id": 573, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/573/?format=api", "name": "Jessica Meir", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1977-07-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Jessica Ulrika Meir is Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia. She has studied the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins in Antarctica, and the physiology of bar-headed geese, which are able to migrate over the Himalayas. In 2000, Meir graduated with a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. In September 2002, Meir served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 4 (NEEMO 4) crew. In June 2013 she was named an astronaut candidate by NASA, becoming one of the eight members of NASA Astronaut Group 21. She is from Caribou, Maine.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/astro_jessica/", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Meir", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.", "administrator": "Administrator: Jared Isaacman", "founding_year": "1958", "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS", "spacecraft": "Orion", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jessica_meir_image_20200417064900.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190924.jpeg", "last_flight": "2026-02-13T10:15:56Z", "first_flight": "2019-09-25T13:57:42Z" }, { "id": 799, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/799/?format=api", "name": "Tuva Atasever", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1992-08-12", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Turkish", "bio": "Tuva Cihangir Atasever is the second Turkish astronaut of the Turkish Space Agency. He was a backup crew member for Axiom Mission 3, and he flew on Galactic 07 in June 2024.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuva_Cihangir_Atasever", "agency": { "id": 72, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/72/?format=api", "name": "Turkmenistan National Space Agency", "featured": false, "type": "Government", "country_code": "TKM", "abbrev": "TNSA", "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image_url": null }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tuva_atasever_p_image_20240609071926.png", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tuva_atasever_p_image_thumbnail_20240609071926.png", "last_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z", "first_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z" }, { "id": 653, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/653/?format=api", "name": "Matthias Maurer", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1970-03-18", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "German", "bio": "Maurer applied to the European Space Agency as an astronaut in 2008, but was not initially appointed to the European Astronaut Corps. He formally joined the European Astronaut Corps in July 2015. In March 2018, he gained certification to perform International Space Station-related spacewalks in the American spacesuit EMU. In 2018 he also successfully graduated from both basic astronaut training and pre-assignment training and thus became fully certified to go to space.\r\nOn 28 July 2020, Maurer was announced as a backup for Thomas Pesquet for the ISS expedition 65. His own flight is scheduled to take place no earlier than September 2021 aboard SpaceX Crew-3.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/astro_matthias", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/esamatthiasmaurer", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Maurer", "agency": { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "featured": false, "type": "Multinational", "country_code": "FRA,ITA,DEU,ESP,CHE,GBR,AUT,SWE,BEL,PRT,NLD,HUN,POL,DNK,CZE,ROU,NOR,FIN,GRC,EST,IRL,LUX,SVN", "abbrev": "ESA", "description": "The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. 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