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 /2.2.0/astronaut/?mode=detailed
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'nationality', 'agency__name', 'agency__abbrev', 'date_of_birth', 'date_of_death', 'status_ids', 'is_human', 'type__id', 'has_flown', 'in_space' Example - /2.2.0/astronaut/?nationality=American
SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.2.0/astronaut/?search=armstrong Searches through name, nationality and agency name
ORDERING: Fields - 'name', 'status', 'date_of_birth' Example - /2.2.0/astronaut/?order=name
GET /2.2.0/astronaut/568/?format=api
{ "id": 568, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/568/?format=api", "name": "Gregory R. Wiseman", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P165DT8H19S", "eva_time": "PT12H47M", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "age": 49, "date_of_birth": "1975-11-11", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/astro_reid", "instagram": null, "bio": "Gregory Reid Wiseman is an American astronaut, engineer, and naval aviator. Wiseman was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. Wiseman took part in his first spaceflight as part of the crew of Expedition 40/41, which launched to the International Space Station on May 28, 2014, and returned on November 10, 2014. Before joining NASA, Wiseman was a Naval Aviator and test pilot. Wiseman has been the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office since June, 2017, working under Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory2520r.2520wiseman_image_20181203172719.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185346.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_R._Wiseman", "flights": [], "landings": [ { "id": 759, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/759/?format=api", "destination": "Circumlunar flyby", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 540, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/540/?format=api", "name": "Orion 003", "serial_number": "003", "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 0, "mission_ends_count": 0, "status": { "id": 5, "name": "Under construction" }, "description": "Orion spacecraft used for Artemis 2.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 4, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/4/?format=api", "name": "Orion", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orion_image_20231118102035.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "41699701-2ef4-4b0c-ac9d-6757820cde87", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/41699701-2ef4-4b0c-ac9d-6757820cde87/?format=api", "slug": "sls-block-1-artemis-ii", "name": "SLS Block 1 | Artemis II", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "To Be Determined", "abbrev": "TBD", "description": "Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources." }, "last_updated": "2025-04-04T07:42:06Z", "net": "2026-04-30T00:00:00Z", "window_end": "2026-04-30T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-04-30T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 7, "name": "Month", "abbrev": "M", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given month." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 187, "configuration": { "id": 143, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/143/?format=api", "name": "Space Launch System (SLS)", "family": "Space Launch System", "full_name": "Space Launch System Block 1", "variant": "Block 1" } }, "mission": { "id": 6343, "name": "Artemis II", "description": "Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth.\r\n\r\nThe mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 9, "name": "Lunar flyby", "abbrev": "Lunar flyby" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 4, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/4/?format=api", "agency_id": 44, "name": "Launch Complex 39B", "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39#Launch_Pad_39B", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.62711233,-80.62101503", "latitude": "28.62711233", "longitude": "-80.62101503", "location": { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/27/?format=api", "name": "Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_27_20200803142447.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 266, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_4_20200803143518.jpg", "total_launch_count": 58, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 57 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_launch_sy_image_20220331082429.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 15, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/program/15/?format=api", "name": "Artemis", "description": "The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing \"the first woman and the next man\" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/artemis_program_20220827100930.png", "start_date": "2017-12-11T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7154, "location_launch_attempt_count": 272, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 59, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 142, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 9, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "type": "normal" }, "landing": { "id": 499, "attempt": true, "success": null, "description": "The Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean.", "downrange_distance": null, "location": { "id": 18, "name": "Pacific Ocean", "abbrev": "PAC", "description": "Pacific Ocean", "location": null, "successful_landings": 47 }, "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Parachute Landing", "abbrev": "PCL", "description": "Unpowered landing using parachute(s)." } } } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2, "last_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z", "first_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z", "spacewalks": [ { "id": 369, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacewalks/369/?format=api", "name": "Expedition 41 EVA 1", "start": "2014-10-07T12:30:00Z", "end": "2014-10-07T18:43:00Z", "duration": "PT6H13M", "location": "International Space Station", "crew": [ { "id": 4506, "role": { "id": 33, "role": "EV1", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 568, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/568/?format=api", "name": "Gregory R. Wiseman", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P165DT8H19S", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1975-11-11", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/astro_reid", "instagram": null, "bio": "Gregory Reid Wiseman is an American astronaut, engineer, and naval aviator. Wiseman was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. Wiseman took part in his first spaceflight as part of the crew of Expedition 40/41, which launched to the International Space Station on May 28, 2014, and returned on November 10, 2014. Before joining NASA, Wiseman was a Naval Aviator and test pilot. Wiseman has been the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office since June, 2017, working under Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory2520r.2520wiseman_image_20181203172719.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_R._Wiseman", "last_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z", "first_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z" } }, { "id": 4507, "role": { "id": 34, "role": "EV2", "priority": 1 }, "astronaut": { "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/12/?format=api", "name": "Alexander Gerst", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P362DT1H49M38S", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "type": "Multinational" }, "date_of_birth": "1976-05-03", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "German", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Alex", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/astro_alex_esa/", "bio": "Alexander Gerst is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training.\r\nHe was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014.\r\nGerst returned to space on June 6, 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57 as the ISS Commander.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/alexander2520gerst_image_20181127211820.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gerst", "last_flight": "2018-06-06T11:12:41Z", "first_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z" } } ] }, { "id": 370, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacewalks/370/?format=api", "name": "Expedition 41 EVA 2", "start": "2014-10-15T12:16:00Z", "end": "2014-10-15T18:50:00Z", "duration": "PT6H34M", "location": "International Space Station", "crew": [ { "id": 4508, "role": { "id": 33, "role": "EV1", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 568, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/568/?format=api", "name": "Gregory R. Wiseman", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P165DT8H19S", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1975-11-11", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/astro_reid", "instagram": null, "bio": "Gregory Reid Wiseman is an American astronaut, engineer, and naval aviator. Wiseman was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. Wiseman took part in his first spaceflight as part of the crew of Expedition 40/41, which launched to the International Space Station on May 28, 2014, and returned on November 10, 2014. Before joining NASA, Wiseman was a Naval Aviator and test pilot. Wiseman has been the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office since June, 2017, working under Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory2520r.2520wiseman_image_20181203172719.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_R._Wiseman", "last_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z", "first_flight": "2014-05-28T19:57:41Z" } }, { "id": 4509, "role": { "id": 34, "role": "EV2", "priority": 1 }, "astronaut": { "id": 543, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/543/?format=api", "name": "Barry E. Wilmore", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P464DT8H2M36S", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1962-12-29", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Barry Eugene \"Butch\" Wilmore is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had two spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station. Wilmore was designated as pilot with five other crew members on Space Shuttle Atlantis for the mission STS-129. He most recently served as part of Expedition 41 to the International Space Station.\r\n\r\nPrior to being selected as a NASA astronaut in July 2000, Wilmore was an experienced Navy test pilot. He also participated in the development of T-45 Goshawk trainer jet.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/barry_e._wilmor_image_20220911034601.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_E._Wilmore", "last_flight": "2024-06-05T14:52:15Z", "first_flight": "2009-11-16T19:28:09Z" } } ] } ] }
