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=350&ordering=status
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Polansky", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1956-06-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Mark Lewis \"Roman\" Polansky is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut. Polansky received the nickname \"Roman\" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-98, STS-116, and STS-127.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_127", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky", "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. 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He was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space.\r\nAfter selection in 1989 as a Payload Specialist by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and NASA, he became a staff member of ASI and was assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, for training. In September 1991, he was designated Prime Payload Specialist for the TSS-1 Space Shuttle mission. Malerba flew as the first Italian citizen in space on STS-46 (31 July 1992 to 7 August 1992).", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Malerba", "agency": { "id": 36, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/36/?format=api", "name": "Italian Space Agency", "featured": false, "type": "Government", "country_code": "ITA", "abbrev": "ASI", "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image_url": null }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/franco2520malerba_image_20181201174554.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190505.jpeg", "last_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z", "first_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z" }, { "id": 118, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/118/?format=api", "name": "Umberto Guidoni", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1954-08-18", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Italian", "bio": "Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. 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Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees.\r\n\r\nESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.", "administrator": "Director General: Josef Aschbacher", "founding_year": "1975", "launchers": "Ariane | Vega", "spacecraft": "Space Rider", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/esa_patch_float_image_20250211192109.png" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/umberto2520guidoni_image_20181128233554.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185939.jpeg", "last_flight": "2001-04-19T18:40:42Z", "first_flight": "1996-02-22T20:18:00Z" }, { "id": 260, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/260/?format=api", "name": "Maksim Surayev", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1972-05-24", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Russian", "bio": "Maksim Viktorovich Surayev (Russian: Максим Викторович Сураев, born May 24, 1972) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and politician.\r\nFrom December 1997 to November 1999, Surayev completed basic space training. In November 1999 he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. From January 2000 he was in ISS advanced training. From March 2006 until April 2008 Surayev was assigned as a backup ISS Expedition 17 crewmember. From April 2008 until March 2009 he was a member of the ISS Expedition 19 backup crew.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Surayev", "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": "1992", "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/maksim2520surayev_image_20181201221714.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185954.jpeg", "last_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z", "first_flight": "2009-09-30T07:14:45Z" }, { "id": 299, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/299/?format=api", "name": "Vyacheslav Zudov", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1942-01-08", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Russian", "bio": "Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov is a retired USSR cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nHe was selected as a cosmonaut on 23 October 1965, flew as Commander on Soyuz 23 on 14–16 October 1976 and retired on 14 May 1987.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Zudov", "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": "1992", "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vyacheslav2520zudov_image_20181201232609.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185713.jpeg", "last_flight": "1976-10-14T17:39:18Z", "first_flight": "1976-10-14T17:39:18Z" }, { "id": 451, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/451/?format=api", "name": "Jerry M. Linenger", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1955-01-09", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Linenger", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger", "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. 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A veteran of two space flights, Tognini has logged a total of 19 days in space.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Tognini", "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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