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/525/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "id": 525,
  "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/525/?format=api",
  "name": "Gregory Chamitoff",
  "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": 624,
    "name": "[AUTO] Gregory Chamitoff - image",
    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory_chamito_image_20220911034240.jpeg",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190336.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": "P198DT18H1M20S",
  "eva_time": "PT13H43M",
  "age": 64,
  "date_of_birth": "1962-08-06",
  "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 Errol Chamitoff is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124, launching 31 May 2008. He was in space for 6 months, joining Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station. He returned to Earth on the 30th of November 2008 aboard STS-126. Chamitoff served as a mission specialist on the STS-134 mission, which was the last flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the ISS.",
  "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Chamitoff",
  "last_flight": "2011-05-16T12:56:28Z",
  "first_flight": "2008-05-31T21:02:12Z",
  "social_media_links": [
    {
      "id": 52,
      "social_media": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "X",
        "url": "https://x.com",
        "logo": {
          "id": 2320,
          "name": "X logo",
          "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg",
          "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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_Taz"
    }
  ],
  "flights_count": 2,
  "landings_count": 2,
  "spacewalks_count": 2,
  "flights": [],
  "landings": [],
  "spacewalks": []
}