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/804/?format=api
{ "id": 804, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/804/?format=api", "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 31, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/31/?format=api", "name": "Indian Space Research Organization", "abbrev": "ISRO", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 2131, "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shubhanshu_shuk_image_20240803064210.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shubhanshu_shuk_image_thumbnail_20240803064212.jpeg", "credit": "ISRO", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "detailed", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 39, "date_of_birth": "1985-10-10", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 9, "name": "India", "alpha_2_code": "IN", "alpha_3_code": "IND", "nationality_name": "Indian", "nationality_name_composed": "Indo" } ], "bio": "Indian astronaut part of the first group of the Indian domestic human spaceflight program.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0, "flights": [], "landings": [ { "id": 671, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_flights/671/?format=api", "destination": "International Space Station", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 595, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft/595/?format=api", "name": "Crew Dragon C213", "serial_number": "C213", "is_placeholder": false, "image": { "id": 1181, "name": "Crew Dragon docking", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_dm-2_cre_image_20200504065311.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191923.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": "P0D", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 0, "mission_ends_count": 0, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "Crew Dragon spacecraft first used for Crew-10.", "spacecraft_config": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 6, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacecraft_configurations/6/?format=api", "name": "Crew Dragon 2", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "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" } }, "family": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 6, "name": "Dragon", "description": "Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX.", "manufacturer": { "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" } }, "parent": null, "maiden_flight": "2010-12-08" }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 7, "name": "Dragon 2", "description": "Dragon 2 is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX. 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