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
Search
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/642/?format=api
{ "id": 642, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/642/?format=api", "name": "Joshua Kutryk", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 478, "name": "[AUTO] Joshua Kutryk - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/joshua2520kutryk_image_20191228095953.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185947.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 43, "date_of_birth": "1982-03-21", "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": "Joshua Kutryk, a Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant colonel, is from Beauvallon, Alberta. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, as well as master’s degrees in space studies, flight test engineering, and defense studies. Prior to joining CSA, Kutryk worked as an experimental test pilot and a fighter pilot in Cold Lake, Alberta, where he led the unit responsible for the operational flight-testing of fighter aircraft in Canada.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kutryk", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [ { "id": 66, "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_kutryk" }, { "id": 67, "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/astro_kutryk/" } ], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0, "flights": [], "landings": [ { "id": 574, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/574/?format=api", "destination": "International Space Station", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 290, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/290/?format=api", "name": "Starliner 2", "serial_number": "2", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1020, "name": "Boeing Starliner in orbit (OFT-2)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/boeing_starline_image_20220525180700.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191414.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": false, "variants": [] }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P5DT23H54M13S", "time_docked": "P4DT18H8M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "The second CST-100 Starliner capsule to fly.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 9, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/9/?format=api", "name": "CST-100 Starliner", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/80/?format=api", "name": "Boeing", "abbrev": "BA", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "family": [], "in_use": true, "image": { "id": 1020, "name": "Boeing Starliner in orbit (OFT-2)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/boeing_starline_image_20220525180700.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191414.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": false, "variants": [] } }, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "launch": { "id": "07e945c1-2ec6-4d29-a500-1afbe920440f", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/07e945c1-2ec6-4d29-a500-1afbe920440f/?format=api", "name": "Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1", "response_mode": "normal", "slug": "atlas-v-n22-starliner-1", "launch_designator": null, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "To Be Determined", "abbrev": "TBD", "description": "Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources." }, "last_updated": "2024-10-15T18:25:50Z", "net": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 14, "name": "Year", "abbrev": "Y", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given year." }, "window_end": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "image": { "id": 1706, "name": "[AUTO] Atlas V N22 - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/atlas_v_n22_image_20210813082339.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305193538.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": null, 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"celestial_body": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1, "name": "Earth" } }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 29, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/29/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [], "name": "Space Launch Complex 41", "image": { "id": 1394, "name": "Atlas V 541 on the pad (Mars 2020/Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/atlas2520v252_image_20200729144937.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305192627.jpeg", "credit": "United Launch Alliance", "license": { "id": 10, "name": "ULA Image Use Policy", "priority": 3, "link": "https://www.ulalaunch.com/terms-and-conditions" }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41", 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"description": "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.", "image": { "id": 2200, "name": "Cape Canaveral & KSC seen from orbit (STS-43)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cape_canaveral__image_20240918151615.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cape_canaveral__image_thumbnail_20240918151616.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": [] }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "longitude": -80.577778, "latitude": 28.488889, "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1014, "total_landing_count": 62 } }, "webcast_live": false, "program": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/programs/17/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station", "image": { "id": 1874, "name": "[AUTO] International Space Station - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/international2_program_20201129184745.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194014.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station_programme", "description": "The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.", "agencies": [ { "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" } }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" } }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, { "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" } }, { "response_mode": "list", "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } } ], "start_date": "1998-11-20T06:40:00Z", "end_date": null, "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 5, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/programs/5/?format=api", "name": "Commercial Crew Program", "image": { "id": 1869, "name": "Commercial Crew Program logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commercial2520_program_20200820201209.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194004.png", "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": [] }, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program", "description": "The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a human spaceflight program operated by NASA, in association with American aerospace manufacturers Boeing and SpaceX. The program conducts rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program, transporting crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules, in the first crewed orbital spaceflights operated by private companies.", "agencies": [ { "response_mode": "list", "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/80/?format=api", "name": "Boeing", "abbrev": "BA", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, { "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" } }, { "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" } } ], "start_date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7100, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1072, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 138, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 191, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 251, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 78, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 24, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 27 }, "landing": { "id": 1049, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/landings/1049/?format=api", "attempt": true, "success": null, "description": "The Starliner spacecraft will land at White Sands Missile Range.", "downrange_distance": null, "landing_location": { "id": 20, "name": "White Sands Missile Range", "active": true, "abbrev": "WSMR", "description": "US Army testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.", "location": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 155, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/locations/155/?format=api", "name": "White Sands Missile Range", "active": true, "country": { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" }, "description": "White Sands Missile Range is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio. It then became the White Sands Proving Ground on 9 July 1945.", "image": { "id": 2229, "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia landing at White Sands (STS-3)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_c_image_20240920084425.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_c_image_thumbnail_20240920084425.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": false, "variants": [] }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_white_sands_missile_range_20210901072636.jpg", "longitude": -106.405833, "latitude": 32.335556, "timezone_name": "America/Denver", "total_launch_count": 5, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "longitude": null, "latitude": null, "image": { "id": 2229, "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia landing at White Sands (STS-3)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_c_image_20240920084425.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_c_image_thumbnail_20240920084425.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": false, "variants": [] }, "successful_landings": 5, "attempted_landings": 5, "failed_landings": 0, "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1, "name": "Earth", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Planet" }, "diameter": 12742000.0, "mass": 5.972168e+24, "gravity": 9.80655, "length_of_day": "1 00:00:00", "atmosphere": true, "image": { "id": 2040, "name": "Earth (Apollo 17)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_20240402194304.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_thumbnail_20240402194305.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": [] }, "description": "Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" } }, "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Parachute Landing", "abbrev": "PCL", "description": "Unpowered landing using parachute(s)." } }, "duration": null, "turn_around_time": "P1315DT1H11M", "response_mode": "normal" } ], "spacewalks": [] }
