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/636/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "id": 636,
  "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/636/?format=api",
  "name": "Little Earth",
  "status": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Active"
  },
  "agency": {
    "response_mode": "list",
    "id": 121,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api",
    "name": "SpaceX",
    "abbrev": "SpX",
    "type": {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Commercial"
    }
  },
  "image": {
    "id": 249,
    "name": "[AUTO] Little Earth - image",
    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/little2520earth_image_20190307215152.jpg",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185332.jpeg",
    "credit": null,
    "license": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Unknown",
      "priority": 9,
      "link": null
    },
    "single_use": true,
    "variants": []
  },
  "response_mode": "detailed",
  "type": {
    "id": 6,
    "name": "Non-Human"
  },
  "in_space": false,
  "time_in_space": "P6DT5H56M",
  "eva_time": "P0D",
  "age": null,
  "date_of_birth": null,
  "date_of_death": null,
  "nationality": [
    {
      "id": 17,
      "name": "Unknown",
      "alpha_2_code": "??",
      "alpha_3_code": "???",
      "nationality_name": "Earthling",
      "nationality_name_composed": "Earthling"
    }
  ],
  "bio": "\"Little Earth\" is the nickname of a Celestial Buddies plushtoy brought to the International Space Station aboard the first SpaceX Crew Dragon on its inaugural flight.\r\nIt was used as a \"Zero-Gravity Indicator\" aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft during ascent and became a resident of the ISS after the docking.",
  "wiki": null,
  "last_flight": "2019-03-02T07:49:00Z",
  "first_flight": "2019-03-02T07:49:00Z",
  "social_media_links": [
    {
      "id": 130,
      "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/zeroGlyfe"
    },
    {
      "id": 131,
      "social_media": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Instagram",
        "url": "https://instagram.com",
        "logo": {
          "id": 2322,
          "name": "Instagram logo",
          "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_20250211191139.png",
          "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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/explore/tags/zerogravityindicator/"
    }
  ],
  "flights_count": 1,
  "landings_count": 1,
  "spacewalks_count": 0,
  "flights": [],
  "landings": [],
  "spacewalks": []
}