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/?format=api&offset=122&ordering=landings_count
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "count": 819,
    "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=132&ordering=landings_count",
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=112&ordering=landings_count",
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 231,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/231/?format=api",
            "name": "Vladimír Remek",
            "status": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Retired"
            },
            "agency": {
                "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"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 260,
                "name": "[AUTO] Vladimír Remek - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladim25c325adr2520remek_image_20181201213426.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185350.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P7DT22H15M50S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 76,
            "date_of_birth": "1948-09-26",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 46,
                    "name": "Czechia",
                    "alpha_2_code": "CZ",
                    "alpha_3_code": "CZE",
                    "nationality_name": "Czech",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Czech"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is a Czech politician and diplomat as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first Czechoslovak in space and the only Czech in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Remek",
            "last_flight": "1978-03-02T15:28:10Z",
            "first_flight": "1978-03-02T15:28:10Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 745,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/745/?format=api",
            "name": "Snoopy",
            "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": 324,
                "name": "[AUTO] Snoopy - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/snoopy_image_20220911033852.jpeg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185543.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "Non-Human"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P25DT10H52M46S",
            "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": "This Snoopy plushie serves as zero-G indicator on the Artemis-1 mission.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy",
            "last_flight": "2022-11-16T06:47:44Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-11-16T06:47:44Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 779,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/779/?format=api",
            "name": "Sol Alan Stern",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "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": 325,
                "name": "[AUTO] Sol Alan Stern - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sol_alan_stern_image_20231019172409.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185545.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 7,
                "name": "Commercial"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "PT16M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 67,
            "date_of_birth": "1957-11-22",
            "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": "Sol Alan Stern is an American engineer and planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Stern",
            "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [
                {
                    "id": 68,
                    "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/AlanStern"
                }
            ],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 665,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/665/?format=api",
            "name": "Deng Qingming",
            "status": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 17,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
                "name": "China National Space Administration",
                "abbrev": "CNSA",
                "type": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 383,
                "name": "[AUTO] Deng Qingming - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/deng_qingming_image_20221128080156.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185719.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P186DT7H24M43S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 59,
            "date_of_birth": "1966-03-16",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 6,
                    "name": "China",
                    "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                    "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                    "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Deng Qingming is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in the Jiangxi province of China. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Qingming",
            "last_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 659,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/659/?format=api",
            "name": "Klim Shipenko",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "agency": {
                "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"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 285,
                "name": "[AUTO] Klim Shipenko - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/klim_shipenko_image_20211001184321.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185434.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 4,
                "name": "Non-Astronaut Passenger"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P11DT19H40M42S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 42,
            "date_of_birth": "1983-06-16",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Russia",
                    "alpha_2_code": "RU",
                    "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
                    "nationality_name": "Russian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Klim Shipenko is a Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klim_Shipenko",
            "last_flight": "2021-10-05T08:55:02Z",
            "first_flight": "2021-10-05T08:55:02Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 738,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/738/?format=api",
            "name": "Sara Sabry",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 141,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/141/?format=api",
                "name": "Blue Origin",
                "abbrev": "BO",
                "type": {
                    "id": 3,
                    "name": "Commercial"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 366,
                "name": "[AUTO] Sara Sabry - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sara_sabry_image_20220911034454.jpeg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185652.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "Private"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "PT10M20S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 22,
                    "name": "Egypt",
                    "alpha_2_code": "EG",
                    "alpha_3_code": "EGY",
                    "nationality_name": "Egyptian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Egypto"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Sara is an Egyptian mechanical and biomedical engineer, and founder of Deep Space Initiative (DSI), a nonprofit aiming to increase accessibility for space research. She became Egypt’s first female analog astronaut in 2021 after completing a two-week Moon mission simulating the extreme conditions astronauts experience in orbital space. Sara earned her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the American University in Cairo and a master’s in biomedical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2022-08-04T13:56:07Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-08-04T13:56:07Z",
            "social_media_links": [
                {
                    "id": 110,
                    "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/astro_sarasabry"
                }
            ],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 761,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/761/?format=api",
            "name": "Jamila Gilbert",
            "status": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 1024,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api",
                "name": "Virgin Galactic",
                "abbrev": "VG",
                "type": {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Private"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 240,
                "name": "[AUTO] Jamila Gilbert - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jamila_gilbert_image_20230508161019.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185318.png",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "Private"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "PT14M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "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": "Virgin Galactic internal communications lead",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2023-05-25T16:23:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2023-05-25T16:23:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 340,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/340/?format=api",
            "name": "Jon McBride",
            "status": {
                "id": 11,
                "name": "Deceased"
            },
            "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": 282,
                "name": "[AUTO] Jon McBride - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jon2520mcbride_image_20181202103017.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185429.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P8DT5H23M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 80,
            "date_of_birth": "1943-08-14",
            "date_of_death": "2024-08-07",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Jon Andrew McBride was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a NASA astronaut.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_McBride",
            "last_flight": "1984-10-05T11:03:00Z",
            "first_flight": "1984-10-05T11:03:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 85,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/85/?format=api",
            "name": "Maurizio Cheli",
            "status": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Retired"
            },
            "agency": {
                "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"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 425,
                "name": "[AUTO] Maurizio Cheli - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/maurizio2520cheli_image_20181128224319.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185823.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P15DT17H40M",
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