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=192&ordering=status
https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=202&ordering=status", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=182&ordering=status", "results": [ { "id": 528, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/528/?format=api", "name": "Michael E. Fossum", "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": 927, "name": "[AUTO] Michael E. Fossum - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_e._foss_image_20220911033951.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191143.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": "P193DT19H2M8S", "eva_time": "P2DT32M", "age": 67, "date_of_birth": "1957-12-19", "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": "Michael Edward Fossum is a former American astronaut and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission specialist of Expedition 28 and commander of Expedition 29 aboard the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Fossum", "last_flight": "2011-06-07T20:12:45Z", "first_flight": "2006-07-04T18:37:55Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 7 }, { "id": 188, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/188/?format=api", "name": "Steve MacLean", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/16/?format=api", "name": "Canadian Space Agency", "abbrev": "CSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 235, "name": "[AUTO] Steve MacLean - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/steve2520maclean_image_20181201174100.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185306.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": "P21DT16H1M25S", "eva_time": "PT7H11M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-12-14", "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": "Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut.\r\nMacLean served as a Mission Specialist on STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned on September 21, 2006. He became the first Canadian to operate the robotic arm Canadarm2. On September 13, he performed his first spacewalk, a 7-hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the P3/4 truss – the second Canadian to do so, after Chris Hadfield.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_MacLean_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2006-09-09T15:14:55Z", "first_flight": "1992-10-22T17:09:40Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 590, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/590/?format=api", "name": "Gary Payton", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 161, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/161/?format=api", "name": "United States Air Force", "abbrev": "USAF", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 486, "name": "[AUTO] Gary Payton - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gary2520payton_image_20181207223026.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185958.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": "P3DT1H33M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1948-06-20", "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": "Colonel Gary Eugene Payton, USAF, (born June 20, 1948) is an American former astronaut.\r\nPayton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985 which launched and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. STS-51C was the first dedicated Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. Payton traveled over 1.2 million miles in 48 Earth orbits, and logged more than 73 hours in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Payton_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "1985-01-24T19:50:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-01-24T19:50:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 324, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/324/?format=api", "name": "Story Musgrave", "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": 645, "name": "[AUTO] Story Musgrave - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/story2520musgrave_image_20181202093148.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190410.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": "P54DT9H55M43S", "eva_time": "P1DT2H12M", "age": 89, "date_of_birth": "1935-08-19", "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": "Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker[2] and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Musgrave", "last_flight": "1996-11-19T19:55:47Z", "first_flight": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 591, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/591/?format=api", "name": "Edwin Jacob Garn", "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": 247, "name": "[AUTO] Edwin Jacob Garn - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/edwin2520jacob2520garn_image_20190211162357.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185329.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": "P6DT23H55M23S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 92, "date_of_birth": "1932-10-12", "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": "Edwin Jacob \"Jake\" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American astronaut and politician, a member of the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Garn", "last_flight": "1985-04-12T13:59:05Z", "first_flight": "1985-04-12T13:59:05Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 347, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/347/?format=api", "name": "Guion Bluford", "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": 855, "name": "[AUTO] Guion Bluford - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guion_bluford_image_20220911033859.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190945.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": "P28DT16H32M46S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1942-11-22", "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": "Guion Stewart Bluford Jr., Ph.D. is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who was the first African American in space.[1] Before becoming an astronaut, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he remained while assigned to NASA, rising to the rank of Colonel. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter Challenger on the mission STS-8, he became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guion_Bluford", "last_flight": "1992-12-02T13:24:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-08-30T06:32:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 510, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/510/?format=api", "name": "Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper", "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": 892, "name": "[AUTO] Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/heidemarie_stef_image_20220911033606.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191049.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": "P27DT15H35M26S", "eva_time": "P1DT9H42M", "age": 62, "date_of_birth": "1963-02-07", "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": "Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper is an American Naval officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanker Exxon Houston off the coast of Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine Pacocha.\r\n\r\nStefanyshyn-Piper has received numerous honors and awards, such as the Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals, and two Navy Achievement Medals. She has flown on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-115 and STS-126, during which she completed five spacewalks totaling 33 hours and 42 minutes. As of 2018, she ranks 39th on the all-time list of space walkers by duration.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidemarie_Stefanyshyn-Piper", "last_flight": "2008-11-15T00:55:39Z", "first_flight": "2006-09-09T15:14:55Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 234, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/234/?format=api", "name": "Yury Romanenko", "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": 326, "name": "[AUTO] Yury Romanenko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yury2520romanenko_image_20181201213833.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185547.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": "P430DT18H21M30S", "eva_time": "PT10H16M", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1944-08-01", "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": "Yury Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко, Jurij Viktorovič Romanenko; born August 1, 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yury Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks. In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days that was the longest stay in space at that time. His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and has become the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Romanenko", "last_flight": "1987-02-05T21:38:16Z", "first_flight": "1977-12-10T01:18:40Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 367, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/367/?format=api", "name": "Ronald J. Grabe", "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": 561, "name": "[AUTO] Ronald J. Grabe - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ronald2520j.2520grabe_image_20181202120203.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190158.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": "P26DT3H54M36S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1945-06-13", "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": "Ronald John Grabe is a former NASA astronaut.\r\n\r\nHe has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Liethen-Tittle Award (for Outstanding Student at the USAF Test Pilot School), the Royal Air Force Cross, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medals.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_J._Grabe", "last_flight": "1993-06-21T13:07:22Z", "first_flight": "1985-10-03T15:15:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 551, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/551/?format=api", "name": "Karen Nyberg", "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": 370, "name": "[AUTO] Karen Nyberg - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/karen2520nyberg_image_20200213141517.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185659.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": "P180DT30M24S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1969-10-07", "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": "Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008.\r\n\r\nNyberg started her space career in 1991 and spent a total of 180 days in space in 2008 and 2013 (as a Mission Specialist on STS-124 and a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-09M).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Nyberg", "last_flight": "2013-05-28T20:31:24Z", "first_flight": "2008-05-31T21:02:12Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 138, "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/AstroKarenN" }, { "id": 139, "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/astrokarenn/" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }{ "count": 819, "next": "