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/747/?format=api
{ "id": 747, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/747/?format=api", "name": "Sophie Adenot", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "In-Training" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "agency": { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "type": "Multinational" }, "age": 43, "date_of_birth": "1982-07-05", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "French", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Soph_astro", "instagram": null, "bio": "Between 2001 and 2003, Sophie studied engineering and graduated from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, where she specialised in spacecraft and aircraft flight dynamics. She then completed a Master of Science in human factors engineering at MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, USA, in 2004.\r\nIn 2005, Sophie joined the French Air Force for her basic military training and initial flying training to become a helicopter pilot. \r\n\r\nIn 2018, she graduated with honours as a helicopter test pilot from the Empire Test Pilots’ School in Boscombe Down, UK. She was awarded the Mac Kenna trophy and the Patuxtent Shield.\r\nBetween 2019 and 2022, Sophie worked as a helicopter experimental test pilot in Cazaux Flight Test Center with DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement – the French Defence Procurement Agency). She has logged 3000 hours and flew on 22 different helicopter types. She also holds a military parachute license, a light aircraft pilot license and a glider pilot license.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sophie_adenot_image_20221123150954.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185354.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Adenot", "flights": [], "landings": [ { "id": 901, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/901/?format=api", "destination": "International Space Station", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 452, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/452/?format=api", "name": "Crew Dragon", "serial_number": "TBD", "is_placeholder": true, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 0, "mission_ends_count": 0, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "The specific spacecraft for this launch is currently unknown.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 6, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/6/?format=api", "name": "Crew Dragon 2", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_dm-2_cre_image_20200504065311.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "862b54e3-7bf8-48e5-8cd1-d77257d5fde9", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/862b54e3-7bf8-48e5-8cd1-d77257d5fde9/?format=api", "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-crew-12", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-12", "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": "2025-11-20T22:54:29Z", "net": "2026-02-15T00:00:00Z", "window_end": "2026-02-15T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-02-15T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 5, "name": "Day", "abbrev": "DAY", "description": "The T-0 is expected on the given day." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 7599, "configuration": { "id": 164, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/164/?format=api", "name": "Falcon 9", "family": "Falcon", "full_name": "Falcon 9 Block 5", "variant": "Block 5" } }, "mission": { "id": 6042, "name": "Crew-12", "description": "SpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 72, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/72/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Unknown Pad", "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.458,-80.528", "latitude": "28.458", "longitude": "-80.528", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1072, "total_landing_count": 69 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_72_20200803143403.jpg", "total_launch_count": 0, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 0 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon2520925_image_20220301072106.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/program/17/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station", "description": "The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. 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