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=430
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During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhai_Zhigang", "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. 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She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/AstroWendyL", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_B._Lawrence", "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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The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. 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Antonelli", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1967-08-23", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Dominic Anthony \"Tony\" Antonelli is a retired NASA astronaut.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_A._Antonelli", "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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The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.", "administrator": "CEO: Jeff Bezos", "founding_year": "2000", "launchers": "New Shepard | New Glenn", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/blue2520origin_image_20190207032427.jpeg" }, "profile_image": null, "profile_image_thumbnail": null, "last_flight": "2025-02-25T15:49:11Z", "first_flight": "2025-02-25T15:49:11Z" }, { "id": 512, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/512/?format=api", "name": "Rex J. Walheim", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1962-10-10", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Rex Joseph Walheim is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew three space shuttle missions, STS-110, STS-122, and STS-135. Walheim logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk (EVA) time. He was assigned as mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-135, the final space shuttle mission.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Rex", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_J._Walheim", "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 first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.\r\n\r\nMarried with three children, he was a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology before being selected to join the European Astronaut Corps in 1992. He has participated in two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks, and is the first person outside of the United States or Russian space programs to participate in more than three spacewalks.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang", "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. 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/christer2520fuglesang_image_20181128231700.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190312.jpeg", "last_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "first_flight": "2006-12-10T01:47:35Z" }, { "id": 290, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/290/?format=api", "name": "Yang Liwei", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-21", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "bio": "Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Liwei", "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. 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