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

Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs

GET /2.3.0/astronauts/256/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 256,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/256/?format=api",
    "name": "Aleksandr Skvortsov",
    "status": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Retired"
    },
    "agency": {
        "response_mode": "list",
        "id": 63,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
        "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
        "abbrev": "RFSA",
        "type": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Government"
        }
    },
    "image": {
        "id": 555,
        "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Skvortsov - image",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520skvortsov_image_20191231114359.jpg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190148.jpeg",
        "credit": null,
        "license": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Unknown",
            "priority": 9,
            "link": null
        },
        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
    },
    "response_mode": "detailed",
    "type": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Government"
    },
    "in_space": false,
    "time_in_space": "P545DT23H8M28S",
    "eva_time": "PT12H34M",
    "age": 58,
    "date_of_birth": "1966-05-06",
    "date_of_death": null,
    "nationality": [
        {
            "id": 5,
            "name": "Russia",
            "alpha_2_code": "RU",
            "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
            "nationality_name": "Russian",
            "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
        }
    ],
    "bio": "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov (Russian: Aлександр Aлександрович Скворцов; born May 6, 1966) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has had two spaceflights, which were long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station. His first spaceflight took place from April to September 2010, and was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18. He arrived at the station part way through Expedition 23, of which Oleg Kotov was the Commander. When Expedition 24 began in June, Skvortsov became Commander.",
    "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Skvortsov_(cosmonaut)",
    "last_flight": "2019-07-20T16:28:21Z",
    "first_flight": "2010-04-02T04:04:33Z",
    "social_media_links": [],
    "flights_count": 3,
    "landings_count": 3,
    "spacewalks_count": 2,
    "flights": [],
    "landings": [],
    "spacewalks": [
        {
            "response_mode": "list",
            "id": 367,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/367/?format=api",
            "name": "Expedition 40 EVA 1",
            "start": "2014-06-19T14:10:00Z",
            "end": "2014-06-19T21:33:00Z",
            "duration": "PT7H23M",
            "location": "International Space Station",
            "crew": [
                {
                    "id": 4502,
                    "role": {
                        "id": 33,
                        "role": "EV1",
                        "priority": 0
                    },
                    "astronaut": {
                        "id": 256,
                        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/256/?format=api",
                        "name": "Aleksandr Skvortsov",
                        "status": {
                            "id": 2,
                            "name": "Retired"
                        },
                        "agency": {
                            "response_mode": "list",
                            "id": 63,
                            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
                            "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
                            "abbrev": "RFSA",
                            "type": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Government"
                            }
                        },
                        "image": {
                            "id": 555,
                            "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Skvortsov - image",
                            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520skvortsov_image_20191231114359.jpg",
                            "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190148.jpeg",
                            "credit": null,
                            "license": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Unknown",
                                "priority": 9,
                                "link": null
                            },
                            "single_use": true,
                            "variants": []
                        },
                        "response_mode": "list",
                        "type": {
                            "id": 2,
                            "name": "Government"
                        },
                        "in_space": false,
                        "time_in_space": "P545DT23H8M28S",
                        "eva_time": "PT12H34M",
                        "age": 58,
                        "date_of_birth": "1966-05-06",
                        "date_of_death": null,
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                            {
                                "id": 5,
                                "name": "Russia",
                                "alpha_2_code": "RU",
                                "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
                                "nationality_name": "Russian",
                                "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
                            }
                        ],
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                        "last_flight": "2019-07-20T16:28:21Z",
                        "first_flight": "2010-04-02T04:04:33Z",
                        "social_media_links": []
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 4503,
                    "role": {
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                        "role": "EV2",
                        "priority": 1
                    },
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                        "id": 17,
                        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/17/?format=api",
                        "name": "Oleg Artemyev",
                        "status": {
                            "id": 1,
                            "name": "Active"
                        },
                        "agency": {
                            "response_mode": "list",
                            "id": 63,
                            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
                            "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
                            "abbrev": "RFSA",
                            "type": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Government"
                            }
                        },
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                            "id": 931,
                            "name": "[AUTO] Oleg Artemyev - image",
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                            "credit": null,
                            "license": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Unknown",
                                "priority": 9,
                                "link": null
                            },
                            "single_use": true,
                            "variants": []
                        },
                        "response_mode": "list",
                        "type": {
                            "id": 2,
                            "name": "Government"
                        },
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                        "time_in_space": "P560DT18H7M55S",
                        "eva_time": "P2DT5H31M",
                        "age": 54,
                        "date_of_birth": "1970-12-28",
                        "date_of_death": null,
                        "nationality": [
                            {
                                "id": 5,
                                "name": "Russia",
                                "alpha_2_code": "RU",
                                "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
                                "nationality_name": "Russian",
                                "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
                            }
                        ],
                        "bio": "Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (Russian: Олег Германович Артемьев) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency. He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. He was a Flight engineer of Expedition 39 and 40 to the International Space Station, and in 2018 he returned to space as the Commander of Soyuz MS-08.",
                        "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Artemyev",
                        "last_flight": "2022-03-18T15:55:19Z",
                        "first_flight": "2014-03-25T21:17:23Z",
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                                "id": 186,
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                                    "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",
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                                        "license": {
                                            "id": 1,
                                            "name": "Unknown",
                                            "priority": 9,
                                            "link": null
                                        },
                                        "single_use": true,
                                        "variants": []
                                    }
                                },
                                "url": "https://twitter.com/OlegMKS"
                            },
                            {
                                "id": 187,
                                "social_media": {
                                    "id": 2,
                                    "name": "Instagram",
                                    "url": "https://instagram.com",
                                    "logo": {
                                        "id": 2322,
                                        "name": "Instagram logo",
                                        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_20250211191139.png",
                                        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191139.png",
                                        "credit": "Instagram",
                                        "license": {
                                            "id": 1,
                                            "name": "Unknown",
                                            "priority": 9,
                                            "link": null
                                        },
                                        "single_use": true,
                                        "variants": []
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            ]
        },
        {
            "response_mode": "list",
            "id": 368,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/368/?format=api",
            "name": "Expedition 40 EVA 2",
            "start": "2014-08-18T14:02:00Z",
            "end": "2014-08-18T19:13:00Z",
            "duration": "PT5H11M",
            "location": "International Space Station",
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                    "id": 4504,
                    "role": {
                        "id": 33,
                        "role": "EV1",
                        "priority": 0
                    },
                    "astronaut": {
                        "id": 256,
                        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/256/?format=api",
                        "name": "Aleksandr Skvortsov",
                        "status": {
                            "id": 2,
                            "name": "Retired"
                        },
                        "agency": {
                            "response_mode": "list",
                            "id": 63,
                            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
                            "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
                            "abbrev": "RFSA",
                            "type": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Government"
                            }
                        },
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                            "id": 555,
                            "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Skvortsov - image",
                            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520skvortsov_image_20191231114359.jpg",
                            "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190148.jpeg",
                            "credit": null,
                            "license": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Unknown",
                                "priority": 9,
                                "link": null
                            },
                            "single_use": true,
                            "variants": []
                        },
                        "response_mode": "list",
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                            "name": "Government"
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                                "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
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                        ],
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                },
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                        "role": "EV2",
                        "priority": 1
                    },
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                        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/17/?format=api",
                        "name": "Oleg Artemyev",
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                            "name": "Active"
                        },
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                            "response_mode": "list",
                            "id": 63,
                            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
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                            "name": "[AUTO] Oleg Artemyev - image",
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