Astronaut List
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/?format=api&offset=152&ordering=flights_count
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Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities.\r\n\r\nBondar has received many honours including the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, over 22 honorary degrees and induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Bondar", "last_flight": "1992-01-22T14:52:33Z", "first_flight": "1992-01-22T14:52:33Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 698, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/698/?format=api", "name": "William Shatner", "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": 354, "name": "[AUTO] William Shatner - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/william_shatner_image_20220911033750.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185633.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": "PT10M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 94, "date_of_birth": "1931-03-22", "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": "William Shatner OC is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of acting, he became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. 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He was one of twenty-four astronauts who have flown to the Moon.[2][3]\r\n\r\nBefore joining NASA in 1966, Swigert was a civilian test pilot and fighter pilot in the Air National Guard. After leaving NASA, he was elected to Congress from Colorado's new 6th district, but died before being sworn in.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Swigert", "last_flight": "1970-04-11T19:13:03Z", "first_flight": "1970-04-11T19:13:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 650, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/650/?format=api", "name": "Pyotr Dubrov", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 463, "name": "[AUTO] Pyotr Dubrov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pyotr_dubrov_image_20201120155626.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185922.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": "P355DT3H45M19S", "eva_time": "P1DT5H49M", "age": 47, "date_of_birth": "1978-01-30", "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": "Dubrov was selected by Roscosmos as a cosmonaut on 8 October 2012, as one of eight cosmonauts selected as part of Roscosmos's 2012 selection group.\r\nIn 2020 he was assigned to the backup crew of Soyuz MS-17, backing up Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov as Flight Engineer on ISS Expedition 63/64", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Dubrov", "last_flight": "2021-04-09T07:42:41Z", "first_flight": "2021-04-09T07:42:41Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 59, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/59/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 15, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/15/?format=api", "name": "Bulgarian Space Agency", "abbrev": "SRI-BAS", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 476, "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520panayotov2520aleksandrov_image_20181128215016.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185944.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": "P9DT20H9M19S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 73, "date_of_birth": "1951-12-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 40, "name": "Bulgaria", "alpha_2_code": "BG", "alpha_3_code": "BGR", "nationality_name": "Bulgarian", "nationality_name_composed": "Bulgaro" } ], "bio": "Aleksandrov was born in Omurtag, Bulgaria on December 1, 1951. He graduated from the Bulgarian Air Force Academy in 1974 and obtained a degree in technical sciences in 1983. In the Bulgarian Air Force, Aleksandrov rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.\r\n\r\nOn June 7, 1988, Aleksandrov launched aboard TM-5 as a Research Cosmonaut along with mission commander Anatoly Solovyev and Viktor Savinykh. Upon arriving at Mir, Aleksandrov became the first Bulgarian to reach a Soviet space station, as the Soyuz 33 mission carrying Georgi Ivanov failed to reach the Salyut 6 space station. On June 17, Aleksandrov returned aboard Soyuz TM-4 along with his fellow crew members. He, along with his crew-mates, spent just under 10 days in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Panayotov_Aleksandrov", "last_flight": "1988-06-07T14:03:13Z", "first_flight": "1988-06-07T14:03:13Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 156, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/156/?format=api", "name": "Sigmund Jähn", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 277, "name": "[AUTO] Sigmund Jähn - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sigmund2520j25c325a4hn_image_20181129231552.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185419.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": "P7DT20H49M4S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1937-02-13", "date_of_death": "2019-09-21", "nationality": [ { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" } ], "bio": "Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born 13 February 1937) is a German cosmonaut and pilot, who in 1978 became the first German to fly in space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn", "last_flight": "1978-08-26T14:51:30Z", "first_flight": "1978-08-26T14:51:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 599, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/599/?format=api", "name": "Christa McAuliffe", "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": 278, "name": "[AUTO] Christa McAuliffe - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/christa2520mcauliffe_image_20181207232919.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185421.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": "PT1M13S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 37, "date_of_birth": "1948-09-02", "date_of_death": "1986-01-28", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Sharon Christa McAuliffe (born Sharon Christa Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire and one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe", "last_flight": "1986-01-28T16:38:00Z", "first_flight": "1986-01-28T16:38:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 605, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/605/?format=api", "name": "Lawrence J. DeLucas", "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": 376, "name": "[AUTO] Lawrence J. DeLucas - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/lawrence2520j.2520delucas_image_20190211162515.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185709.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P13DT19H29M37S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 75, "date_of_birth": "1950-07-11", "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": "Lawrence James \"Larry\" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist. \r\nDeLucas was a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-50 (June 25-July 9, 1992), the United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) Spacelab mission. Over a two-week period, the crew conducted a wide variety of experiments relating to materials processing and fluid physics. At mission conclusion, DeLucas had traveled over 5.7 million miles in 221 Earth orbits, and had logged over 331 hours in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_J._DeLucas", "last_flight": "1992-06-25T16:12:23Z", "first_flight": "1992-06-25T16:12:23Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 314, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/314/?format=api", "name": "William R. Pogue", "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": 361, "name": "[AUTO] William R. 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He flew combat during the Korean War, and with the elite USAF Thunderbirds. He served as a flight instructor and mathematics professor, and was a versatile test pilot, including two years in an exchange with the RAF (UK).\r\n\r\nColonel Pogue was an Air Force instructor when accepted into NASA in 1966. His astronaut career included one orbital mission, as pilot of the last crew of Skylab. The crew set a duration record (84 days) that was unbroken in NASA for over 20 years, and in orbit they conducted dozens of research experiments. The mission was also noted for a dispute with ground control over schedule management that news media named “The Skylab Mutiny”.\r\n\r\nPogue retired from both the USAF and NASA a few months after he returned from Skylab. Over the next 30 plus years he taught, lectured, consulted, and wrote about aviation and aeronatics, in the US and abroad. 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As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitchell", "last_flight": "1971-02-06T18:48:42Z", "first_flight": "1971-01-31T21:03:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 } ] }
