GET

Astronaut Instance

Modes

Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed

Example - /astronauts/?mode=list

Filters

Parameters - age, age__gt, age__gte, age__lt, age__lte, agency_ids, date_of_birth, date_of_birth__gt, date_of_birth__gte, date_of_birth__lt, date_of_birth__lte, date_of_death, date_of_death__gt, date_of_death__gte, date_of_death__lt, date_of_death__lte, first_flight, first_flight__gt, first_flight__gte, first_flight__lt, first_flight__lte, flights_count, flights_count__gt, flights_count__gte, flights_count__lt, flights_count__lte, has_flown, in_space, is_human, landings_count, landings_count__gt, landings_count__gte, landings_count__lt, landings_count__lte, last_flight, last_flight__gt, last_flight__gte, last_flight__lt, last_flight__lte, nationality, status_ids, type__id

Example - /astronauts/?has_flown=true

Fields searched - agency__abbrev, agency__name, name, nationality__nationality_name

Example - /astronauts/?search=Pesquet

Ordering

Fields - age, date_of_birth, eva_time, flights_count, id, landings_count, last_flight, name, spacewalks_count, status, time_in_space

Example - /astronauts/?ordering=-time_in_space

Number of results

Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)

Example - /astronauts/?limit=2

Format

Switch to JSON output - /astronauts/?format=json

Help

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GET /2.3.0/astronauts/16/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 16,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/16/?format=api",
    "name": "Christopher Ferguson",
    "status": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Active"
    },
    "agency": {
        "response_mode": "list",
        "id": 80,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/80/?format=api",
        "name": "Boeing",
        "abbrev": "BA",
        "type": {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "Commercial"
        }
    },
    "image": {
        "id": 752,
        "name": "[AUTO] Christopher Ferguson - image",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/christopher2520ferguson_image_20181127212540.jpg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190705.jpeg",
        "credit": null,
        "license": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Unknown",
            "priority": 9,
            "link": null
        },
        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
    },
    "response_mode": "detailed",
    "type": {
        "id": 7,
        "name": "Commercial"
    },
    "in_space": false,
    "time_in_space": "P40DT10H3M22S",
    "eva_time": "P0D",
    "age": 63,
    "date_of_birth": "1961-09-01",
    "date_of_death": null,
    "nationality": [
        {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "United States of America",
            "alpha_2_code": "US",
            "alpha_3_code": "USA",
            "nationality_name": "American",
            "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
        }
    ],
    "bio": "Christopher J. Ferguson is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In 2011, he was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program.\r\n\r\nOn December 9, 2011, he retired from NASA and is now currently director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing's Commercial Crew Program. In August 2018, Ferguson was assigned to the first test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner.",
    "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ferguson",
    "last_flight": "2011-07-08T15:29:04Z",
    "first_flight": "2006-09-09T15:14:55Z",
    "social_media_links": [
        {
            "id": 22,
            "social_media": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "X",
                "url": "https://x.com",
                "logo": {
                    "id": 2320,
                    "name": "X logo",
                    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191027.jpeg",
                    "credit": "X",
                    "license": {
                        "id": 1,
                        "name": "Unknown",
                        "priority": 9,
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "single_use": true,
                    "variants": []
                }
            },
            "url": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Ferg"
        }
    ],
    "flights_count": 3,
    "landings_count": 3,
    "spacewalks_count": 0,
    "flights": [],
    "landings": [],
    "spacewalks": []
}