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=20&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 853, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=30&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=10&ordering=-flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 422, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/422/?format=api", "name": "Kenneth Cockrell", "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": 582, "name": "[AUTO] Kenneth Cockrell - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kenneth2520cockrell_image_20181202142019.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190230.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": "P64DT12H26M7S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 75, "date_of_birth": "1950-04-09", "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": "Kenneth Dale \"Taco\" Cockrell is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Cockrell", "last_flight": "2002-06-05T21:22:49Z", "first_flight": "1993-04-08T05:29:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 337, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/337/?format=api", "name": "Robert L. Gibson", "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": 237, "name": "[AUTO] Robert L. Gibson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/robert2520l.2520gibson_image_20181202102659.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185311.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": "P36DT4H17M2S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1946-10-30", "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": "Robert Lee \"Hoot\" Gibson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a retired NASA astronaut, as well as a professional pilot who currently races regularly at the annual Reno Air Races.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Gibson", "last_flight": "1995-06-27T19:32:19Z", "first_flight": "1984-02-03T13:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 168, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/168/?format=api", "name": "Oleg Kononenko", "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": 566, "name": "[AUTO] Oleg Kononenko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/oleg2520kononenko_image_20181129233442.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190205.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": "P1110DT12H9M55S", "eva_time": "P1DT18H30M", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1964-06-21", "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": "Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has flown to the International Space Station three times, as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and commander of Expedition 31 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-17M. Kononenko has accumulated over 533 days in orbit during three long duration flights to ISS.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kononenko", "last_flight": "2023-09-15T15:44:35Z", "first_flight": "2008-04-08T11:16:39Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 7 }, { "id": 421, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/421/?format=api", "name": "James S. Voss", "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": 588, "name": "[AUTO] James S. Voss - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520s.2520voss_image_20181202141642.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190239.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": "P203DT5H27M41S", "eva_time": "PT22H45M", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1949-03-03", "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": "James Shelton Voss is a retired United States Army Colonel and NASA astronaut. During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He also served as deputy of Flight Operations for the Space Station Program Mission Integration and Operations Office. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, he and Susan Helms conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the longest to date.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Voss", "last_flight": "2001-03-08T11:42:09Z", "first_flight": "1991-11-24T23:44:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 441, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/441/?format=api", "name": "Janice E. Voss", "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": 264, "name": "[AUTO] Janice E. Voss - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/janice2520e.2520voss_image_20190426143718.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185357.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": "P49DT4H4M20S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1956-10-08", "date_of_death": "2012-02-06", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Janice Elaine Voss was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died on February 6, 2012, from breast cancer.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_E._Voss", "last_flight": "2000-02-11T17:43:40Z", "first_flight": "1993-06-21T13:07:22Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 257, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/257/?format=api", "name": "Anatoly Solovyev", "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": 460, "name": "[AUTO] Anatoly Solovyev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anatoly2520solovyev_image_20181201221333.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185917.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": "P651DT1M21S", "eva_time": "P3DT6H48M", "age": 78, "date_of_birth": "1948-01-16", "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": "Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; born January 16, 1948 – alternate spelling \"Solovyov\") is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Solovyev", "last_flight": "1997-08-05T15:35:54Z", "first_flight": "1988-06-07T14:03:13Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 16 }, { "id": 305, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/305/?format=api", "name": "Joe Engle", "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": 479, "name": "[AUTO] Joe Engle - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/joe2520engle_image_20181202090904.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185948.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": "P9DT8H59M59S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 91, "date_of_birth": "1932-08-26", "date_of_death": "2024-07-10", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer, and a NASA astronaut.\r\n\r\nEngle test-flew the joint NASA-Air Force X-15 rocket airplane. During the course of testing, Engle earned his USAF Astronaut Wings, a Distinguished Flying Cross and other awards. Engle was selected by NASA in 1966 for the Apollo program, and was originally scheduled to land on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 17, but was bumped when later flights were cancelled, so that geologist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt could fly.\r\n\r\nHe subsequently became one of the first astronauts in the Space Shuttle program, having flight tested the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977. He was Commander of the second orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Engle", "last_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z", "first_flight": "1965-06-29T18:21:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 97, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/97/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Dzhanibekov", "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": 281, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimir Dzhanibekov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520dzhanibekov_image_20181128230017.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185427.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": "P145DT15H58M35S", "eva_time": "PT8H34M", "age": 83, "date_of_birth": "1942-05-13", "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": "Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков, born 13 May 1942) is a former cosmonaut who made five flights.\r\n\r\nDzhanibekov made five flights: Soyuz 27, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12 and Soyuz T-13. In all he had spent 145 days, 15 hours and 56 minutes in space over these five missions. He had also performed two EVAs with a total time of 8 hours and 35 minutes. In 1985 he noted the effects of the tennis racket theorem, subsequently also called the Dzhanibekov effect, by showing that an object's second principal axis is unstable while in free-fall rotation.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dzhanibekov", "last_flight": "1985-06-06T06:39:52Z", "first_flight": "1978-01-10T12:26:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 680, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/680/?format=api", "name": "Beth Moses", "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": 218, "name": "[AUTO] Beth Moses - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/beth_moses_image_20230508160809.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185239.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": "PT1H25M55S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 45, "date_of_birth": "1980-05-30", "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": "Beth Moses is Chief Astronaut Instructor and Interiors Program Manager for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo program, and is a commercial astronaut. She was the first woman to make a spaceflight on a commercially launched vehicle, the VSS Unity VF-01 flight of 22 February 2019.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Moses", "last_flight": "2023-10-06T16:10:30Z", "first_flight": "2019-02-22T16:57:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 132, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/132/?format=api", "name": "Susan Helms", "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": 202, "name": "[AUTO] Susan Helms - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/susan2520helms_image_20181129204438.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185213.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": "P210DT23H4M18S", "eva_time": "PT8H56M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1958-02-26", "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": "Susan Jane Helms is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Helms was a crew member on five Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station (ISS) for over five months in 2001. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, she and Jim Voss conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the world record.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Helms", "last_flight": "2001-03-08T11:42:09Z", "first_flight": "1993-01-13T13:59:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 1 } ] }
