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=142&ordering=spacewalks_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=152&ordering=spacewalks_count",
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=132&ordering=spacewalks_count",
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 534,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/534/?format=api",
            "name": "Patricia Robertson",
            "status": {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "Died While In Active Service"
            },
            "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": 343,
                "name": "[AUTO] Patricia Robertson - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/patricia2520robertson_image_20181203164600.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185615.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": "P0D",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 38,
            "date_of_birth": "1963-03-12",
            "date_of_death": "2001-05-24",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Patricia Consolatrix Hilliard Robertson was an American physician and a NASA astronaut.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Robertson",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 0,
            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 476,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/476/?format=api",
            "name": "Kalpana Chawla",
            "status": {
                "id": 4,
                "name": "Lost In Flight"
            },
            "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": 270,
                "name": "[AUTO] Kalpana Chawla - image",
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                "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": "P31DT14H54M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 40,
            "date_of_birth": "1962-03-17",
            "date_of_death": "2003-02-01",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut and the first female of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and several streets, universities and institutions have been named in her honor.",
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            "last_flight": "2003-01-16T15:39:00Z",
            "first_flight": "1997-11-19T19:46:00Z",
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 730,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/730/?format=api",
            "name": "Victor Vescovo",
            "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": 216,
                "name": "[AUTO] Victor Vescovo - image",
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                "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": "PT10M45S",
            "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": "Victor is a co-founder of private equity investment firm Insight Equity. He has completed the “Explorer’s Grand Slam,” which includes summiting the world’s seven summits and skiing to the North and South Poles. In 2020, he became the first person to repeatedly dive to the deepest point in the ocean, Challenger Deep (now twelve times). He is the first person to visit the deepest point in the world’s five oceans and executed the deepest wreck dive in history. Victor is a commercially-rated multi-engine jet and helicopter pilot, as well as a certified submersible test pilot. He holds degrees from Stanford, MIT, and Harvard Business School, and served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer, retiring as a Commander (O-5).",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Vescovo",
            "last_flight": "2022-06-04T13:25:02Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-06-04T13:25:02Z",
            "social_media_links": [
                {
                    "id": 51,
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                        "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/VictorVescovo"
                }
            ],
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            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 767,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/767/?format=api",
            "name": "Jon Goodwin",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "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": 405,
                "name": "[AUTO] Jon Goodwin - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jon_goodwin_image_20230718080157.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185752.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": "PT16M2S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 82,
            "date_of_birth": "1943-06-19",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 10,
                    "name": "United Kingdom",
                    "alpha_2_code": "GB",
                    "alpha_3_code": "GBR",
                    "nationality_name": "British",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Brito"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Passenger on Virgins Galactic \"Galactic-02\" Mission",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2023-08-10T15:17:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2023-08-10T15:17:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 46,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/46/?format=api",
            "name": "Theodore Freeman",
            "status": {
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Lost In Training"
            },
            "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": 272,
                "name": "[AUTO] Theodore Freeman - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/theodore2520freeman_image_20181128145757.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185410.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": "P0D",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 34,
            "date_of_birth": "1930-02-18",
            "date_of_death": "1964-10-31",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Theodore Cordy \"Ted\" Freeman was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Freeman",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 613,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/613/?format=api",
            "name": "Roger K. Crouch",
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                "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": 348,
                "name": "[AUTO] Roger K. Crouch - image",
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                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
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                "id": 5,
                "name": "Payload Specialist"
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                }
            ],
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        },
        {
            "id": 184,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/184/?format=api",
            "name": "Liu Wang",
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                "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": 349,
                "name": "[AUTO] Liu Wang - image",
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                "name": "Government"
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            ],
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        },
        {
            "id": 54,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/54/?format=api",
            "name": "Curt Michel",
            "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": {
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                    "name": "Government"
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            },
            "image": {
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                    "id": 1,
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                    "link": null
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                "variants": []
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                "name": "Government"
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            ],
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        {
            "id": 109,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/109/?format=api",
            "name": "Reinhard Furrer",
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                "id": 11,
                "name": "Deceased"
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            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 29,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/29/?format=api",
                "name": "German Aerospace Center",
                "abbrev": "DLR",
                "type": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 351,
                "name": "[AUTO] Reinhard Furrer - image",
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                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
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                    "link": null
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                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
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                "name": "Government"
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