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/535/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 535,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/535/?format=api",
    "name": "Steven Swanson",
    "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": 233,
        "name": "[AUTO] Steven Swanson - image",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/steven_swanson_image_20220911034405.jpeg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185303.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": "P195DT20H45M49S",
    "eva_time": "P1DT3H58M",
    "age": 64,
    "date_of_birth": "1960-12-03",
    "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": "Steven Ray Swanson is an American Engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He is married and has three children. He has received numerous awards and honors. These include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation and many others. Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut, Swanson worked for GTE in Phoenix, Arizona, as a software engineer. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119. He has logged over 4,700 hours in space and completed four spacewalks totaling 26 hours and 14 minutes. Swanson has also served in other roles at NASA, such as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions.",
    "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Swanson",
    "last_flight": "2014-03-25T21:17:23Z",
    "first_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z",
    "social_media_links": [],
    "flights_count": 3,
    "landings_count": 3,
    "spacewalks_count": 5,
    "flights": [],
    "landings": [],
    "spacewalks": [
        {
            "response_mode": "list",
            "id": 366,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/366/?format=api",
            "name": "Expedition 39 EVA",
            "start": "2014-04-23T13:56:00Z",
            "end": "2014-04-23T15:32:00Z",
            "duration": "PT1H36M",
            "location": "International Space Station",
            "crew": [
                {
                    "id": 4500,
                    "role": {
                        "id": 33,
                        "role": "EV1",
                        "priority": 0
                    },
                    "astronaut": {
                        "id": 13,
                        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/13/?format=api",
                        "name": "Richard Mastracchio",
                        "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": 933,
                            "name": "[AUTO] Richard Mastracchio - image",
                            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard_mastrac_image_20220911033746.jpeg",
                            "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191152.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": "P227DT13H36M54S",
                        "eva_time": "P2DT5H2M",
                        "age": 65,
                        "date_of_birth": "1960-02-11",
                        "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": "Richard Alan \"Rick\" Mastracchio is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/Expedition 39) long duration mission aboard the International Space Station. He is currently the Senior Director of Operations for Commercial Resupply Services at Orbital ATK.",
                        "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mastracchio",
                        "last_flight": "2013-11-07T04:14:15Z",
                        "first_flight": "2000-09-08T12:45:47Z",
                        "social_media_links": [
                            {
                                "id": 207,
                                "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/AstroRM"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 4501,
                    "role": {
                        "id": 34,
                        "role": "EV2",
                        "priority": 1
                    },
                    "astronaut": {
                        "id": 535,
                        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/535/?format=api",
                        "name": "Steven Swanson",
                        "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": 233,
                            "name": "[AUTO] Steven Swanson - image",
                            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/steven_swanson_image_20220911034405.jpeg",
                            "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185303.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": "P195DT20H45M49S",
                        "eva_time": "P1DT3H58M",
                        "age": 64,
                        "date_of_birth": "1960-12-03",
                        "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": "Steven Ray Swanson is an American Engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He is married and has three children. He has received numerous awards and honors. These include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation and many others. Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut, Swanson worked for GTE in Phoenix, Arizona, as a software engineer. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119. He has logged over 4,700 hours in space and completed four spacewalks totaling 26 hours and 14 minutes. Swanson has also served in other roles at NASA, such as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions.",
                        "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Swanson",
                        "last_flight": "2014-03-25T21:17:23Z",
                        "first_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z",
                        "social_media_links": []
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}