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=170&ordering=-last_flight
{ "count": 813, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=180&ordering=-last_flight", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=160&ordering=-last_flight", "results": [ { "id": 759, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/759/?format=api", "name": "Pantaleone Carlucci", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1018, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1018/?format=api", "name": "National Research Council", "abbrev": "CNR", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 922, "name": "[AUTO] Pantaleone Carlucci - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pantaleone_carl_image_20230626124739.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191134.png", "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": "PT13M53S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 3, "name": "Italy", "alpha_2_code": "IT", "alpha_3_code": "ITA", "nationality_name": "Italian", "nationality_name_composed": "Italo" } ], "bio": "Italian National Research Council technical engineer and pilot selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-06-29T15:28:38Z", "first_flight": "2023-06-29T15:28:38Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 157, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/157/?format=api", "name": "Jing Haipeng", "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": 386, "name": "[AUTO] Jing Haipeng - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jing2520haipeng_image_20181129231707.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185723.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": "P201DT17H7S", "eva_time": "PT7H55M", "age": 58, "date_of_birth": "1966-10-24", "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": "Jing Haipeng (simplified Chinese: 景海鹏; traditional Chinese: 景海鵬; pinyin: Jǐng Hǎipéng; born October 24, 1966) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be a CNSA astronaut in 1998. He is the first Chinese astronaut to have flown on three missions: Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 11.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_Haipeng", "last_flight": "2023-05-30T01:31:10Z", "first_flight": "2008-09-25T13:10:04Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 765, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/765/?format=api", "name": "Haichao Gui", "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": 891, "name": "[AUTO] Haichao Gui - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/haichao_gui_image_20230530052736.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191047.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": "P153DT22H40M50S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 38, "date_of_birth": "1986-11-01", "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": "Gui Haichao is a Chinese pilot, researcher and professor selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He did nor enlist in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), but was still was selected as a taikonaut, whereas all earlier known taikonauts belonged to PLAAC. He joined the Communist Party of China in July 2020.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gui_Haichao", "last_flight": "2023-05-30T01:31:10Z", "first_flight": "2023-05-30T01:31:10Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 764, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/764/?format=api", "name": "Yangzhu Zhu", "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": 230, "name": "[AUTO] Yangzhu Zhu - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yangzhu_zhu_image_20230530052559.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185258.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": "P153DT22H40M50S", "eva_time": "PT7H55M", "age": 38, "date_of_birth": "1986-09-01", "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": "Zhu Yangzhu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2005, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 2006.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yangzhu", "last_flight": "2023-05-30T01:31:10Z", "first_flight": "2023-05-30T01:31:10Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 763, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/763/?format=api", "name": "Luke Mays", "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": 774, "name": "[AUTO] Luke Mays - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/luke_mays_image_20230508161309.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190738.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": "Former NASA astronaut instructor, now astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic.", "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": 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-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jamila_gilbert_image_20230508161019.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.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": 762, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/762/?format=api", "name": "Christopher Huie", "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": 782, "name": "[AUTO] Christopher Huie - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/christopher_hui_image_20230508161156.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190750.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": "Aerospace engineer, senior manager of Virgin Galactic's Flight Sciences Engineering team.", "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": 754, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/754/?format=api", "name": "Rayyanah Barnawi", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1047, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1047/?format=api", "name": "Saudi Space Agency", "abbrev": "SSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 420, "name": "[AUTO] Rayyanah Barnawi - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rayyanah_barnaw_image_20230213182031.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185816.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": "P9DT5H27M51S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 19, "name": "Saudi Arabia", "alpha_2_code": "SA", "alpha_3_code": "SAU", "nationality_name": "Saudi", "nationality_name_composed": "Saudi" } ], "bio": "Rayyanah Barnawi is an astronaut representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and serving as a mission specialist on the Ax-2 mission. Barnawi has a Master of Biomedical Sciences from Alfaisal University and a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences from Otago University. Barnawi is a research laboratory technician with nine years of experience in breast cancer and cancer stem-cell research.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayyanah_Barnawi", "last_flight": "2023-05-21T21:37:09Z", "first_flight": "2023-05-21T21:37:09Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 513, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/513/?format=api", "name": "Peggy Whitson", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1022, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1022/?format=api", "name": "Axiom Space", "abbrev": "AXS", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 821, "name": "[AUTO] Peggy Whitson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/peggy_whitson_image_20210210144848.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190851.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": "P675DT3H52M10S", "eva_time": "P2DT12H25M", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1960-02-09", "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": "Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. Her second mission launched October 10, 2007, as the first female commander of the ISS with Expedition 16. She was on her third long-duration space flight and was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 51, before handing over command to Fyodor Yurchikhin on June 1, 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson", "last_flight": "2023-05-21T21:37:09Z", "first_flight": "2002-06-05T21:22:49Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 32, "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/AstroPeggy" }, { "id": 33, "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_peggy/" } ], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 10 }, { "id": 753, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/753/?format=api", "name": "Ali AlQarni", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1047, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1047/?format=api", "name": "Saudi Space Agency", "abbrev": "SSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 453, "name": "[AUTO] Ali AlQarni - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ali_alqarni_image_20230213181809.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185906.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": "P9DT5H27M51S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 19, "name": "Saudi Arabia", "alpha_2_code": "SA", "alpha_3_code": "SAU", "nationality_name": "Saudi", "nationality_name_composed": "Saudi" } ], "bio": "Ali AlQarni is an astronaut representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and serving as a mission specialist on the Ax-2 mission. AlQarni graduated with a Bachelor of Aerospace Science from King Faisal Air Academy. AlQarni is an Air Force captain and fighter pilot. He has 12 years of experience flying fighter aircrafts and 2,387 flight hours.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_AlQarni", "last_flight": "2023-05-21T21:37:09Z", "first_flight": "2023-05-21T21:37:09Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
