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

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

GET /2.3.0/astronauts/5/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 5,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/5/?format=api",
    "name": "Chris Hadfield",
    "status": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Retired"
    },
    "agency": {
        "response_mode": "list",
        "id": 16,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/16/?format=api",
        "name": "Canadian Space Agency",
        "abbrev": "CSA",
        "type": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Government"
        }
    },
    "image": {
        "id": 568,
        "name": "Chris Hadfield official portrait",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/chris_hadfield_image_20220911034200.jpeg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190208.jpeg",
        "credit": "NASA",
        "license": {
            "id": 4,
            "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines",
            "priority": 0,
            "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/"
        },
        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
    },
    "response_mode": "detailed",
    "type": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Government"
    },
    "in_space": false,
    "time_in_space": "P165DT16H19M",
    "eva_time": "PT14H50M",
    "age": 65,
    "date_of_birth": "1959-08-29",
    "date_of_death": null,
    "nationality": [
        {
            "id": 26,
            "name": "Canada",
            "alpha_2_code": "CA",
            "alpha_3_code": "CAN",
            "nationality_name": "Canadian",
            "nationality_name_composed": "Canado"
        }
    ],
    "bio": "Chris Austin Hadfield is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot.\r\nThe first Canadian to walk in space, Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.",
    "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield",
    "last_flight": "2012-12-19T12:12:35Z",
    "first_flight": "1995-11-12T12:30:43Z",
    "social_media_links": [
        {
            "id": 208,
            "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/Cmdr_Hadfield"
        },
        {
            "id": 209,
            "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": []
                }
            },
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/colchrishadfield/"
        }
    ],
    "flights_count": 3,
    "landings_count": 3,
    "spacewalks_count": 2,
    "flights": [],
    "landings": [],
    "spacewalks": []
}