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/519/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 519,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/519/?format=api",
    "name": "Gregory H. Johnson",
    "status": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Retired"
    },
    "agency": {
        "response_mode": "list",
        "id": 44,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api",
        "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
        "abbrev": "NASA",
        "type": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Government"
        }
    },
    "image": {
        "id": 925,
        "name": "[AUTO] Gregory H. Johnson - image",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory_h._john_image_20200512072534.jpeg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191140.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": "P31DT11H50M18S",
    "eva_time": "P0D",
    "age": 62,
    "date_of_birth": "1962-05-12",
    "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": "Gregory Harold \"Box\" Johnson is a retired NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first mission, which delivered the Kibo logistics module and the Dextre robot arm to the International Space Station. Johnson was also assigned as the pilot to the STS-134 mission, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011. Greg Johnson has also served in numerous roles for NASA including as a Capcom for several missions. At present time Gregory H. Johnson (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is the President and Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).",
    "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_H._Johnson",
    "last_flight": "2011-05-16T12:56:28Z",
    "first_flight": "2008-03-11T06:28:14Z",
    "social_media_links": [
        {
            "id": 40,
            "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_Box"
        },
        {
            "id": 41,
            "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/gregastro_box/"
        }
    ],
    "flights_count": 2,
    "landings_count": 2,
    "spacewalks_count": 0,
    "flights": [],
    "landings": [],
    "spacewalks": []
}