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=status
{ "count": 813, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=30&ordering=status", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=10&ordering=status", "results": [ { "id": 86, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/86/?format=api", "name": "Chen Dong", "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": 581, "name": "[AUTO] Chen Dong - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/chen_dong_image_20220604084758.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190228.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": true, "time_in_space": "P252DT8H27M51S", "eva_time": "PT23H52M", "age": 46, "date_of_birth": "1978-12-12", "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": "Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.\r\n\r\nHe was selected to fly on the Shenzhou 11 mission in October 2016 with astronaut Jing Haipeng. The two underwent more than 3,000 hours of training before the launch of the spacecraft. On 17 October 2016 On 07:30 local time (23:30 GMT on 16 October), Chen lifted off with Shenzhou 11 for a 33-day space mission to the Tiangong-2 space station as his first spaceflight, launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 2F launch rocket. The crew landed successfully after the 33 day mission on 18 November 2016, marking China's longest manned space flight to date. The reentry module of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft landed in Inner Mongolia around 2.15 p.m(China time) after detaching from the space lab on 17 November.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Dong_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2025-04-24T09:17:31Z", "first_flight": "2016-10-16T23:30:31Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 684, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/684/?format=api", "name": "Tang Hongbo", "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": 301, "name": "[AUTO] Tang Hongbo - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tang_hongbo_image_20231025055818.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185459.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": "P279DT10H43M27S", "eva_time": "PT22H13M", "age": 49, "date_of_birth": "1975-10-01", "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": "Tang Hongbo (Chinese: 汤洪波; pinyin: Tāng Hóngbō) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in Xiangtan, Hunan. A pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an astronaut in 2010.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Hongbo", "last_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "first_flight": "2021-06-17T01:22:31Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 57, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/57/?format=api", "name": "Aidyn Aimbetov", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 182, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/182/?format=api", "name": "National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan", "abbrev": "KazCosmos", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 771, "name": "[AUTO] Aidyn Aimbetov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aidyn2520aimbetov_image_20181128214459.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190733.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": "P9DT20H13M17S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 52, "date_of_birth": "1972-07-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 44, "name": "Kazakhstan", "alpha_2_code": "KZ", "alpha_3_code": "KAZ", "nationality_name": "Kazakh", "nationality_name_composed": "Kazakhstani" } ], "bio": "Aimbetov was selected to the first Kazakh cosmonaut class in 2002, along with Mukhtar Aimakhanov, out of a pool of 2,000 candidates. From 2003 to 2009, he trained in Russia as a cosmonaut at Star City. He returned to Astana, in Kazakhstan, after failing to secure a spaceflight. He had been scheduled to fly in autumn 2009, but due to the world financial crisis, this fell through. Aimakhanov remained in Russia, becoming a Russian citizen, making Aimbetov the sole Kazakhstani cosmonaut. \r\n\r\nIn June 2015, he was selected to fly on the Soyuz TMA-18M mission in place of singer Sarah Brightman who had withdrawn in May 2015, and her backup, Satoshi Takamatsu, who had also withdrawn. The mission was projected to launch to the International Space Station on 1 September 2015.[4] Aimbetov becomes the third Kazakh-born cosmonaut to fly since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, and the first to fly under the Kazakh flag, and as part of KazCosmos.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidyn_Aimbetov", "last_flight": "2015-09-02T04:37:43Z", "first_flight": "2015-09-02T04:37:43Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 209, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/209/?format=api", "name": "Nie Haisheng", "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": 484, "name": "[AUTO] Nie Haisheng - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nie_haisheng_image_20210616062454.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185955.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": "P111DT14H13M24S", "eva_time": "PT5H55M", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1964-10-13", "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": "Nie Haisheng is a Chinese military pilot and CNSA astronaut.\r\n\r\nIn 1998, he was selected for the Chinese spaceflight program and was one of three candidates who were part of the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 flight, China's first manned spaceflight. Yang Liwei was picked for the flight, with Zhai Zhigang ranked second ahead of Niè Hǎishèng.\r\n\r\nNie went into orbit, along with Fei Junlong (commander), as flight engineer of the Shenzhou 6 flight on 12 October 2005. The mission lasted just under five days.\r\n\r\nHe was selected to be the commander of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, Nie was selected to command the Shenzhou 10 second manned space mission to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1. He became the first officer hold general rank at the time of their launch in the Chinese program with the Shenzhou 10 mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nie_Haisheng", "last_flight": "2021-06-17T01:22:31Z", "first_flight": "2005-10-12T01:00:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "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": 837, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/837/?format=api", "name": "Rabea Rogge", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "abbrev": "SpX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": { "id": 2361, "name": "Rabea Rogge", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rabea_rogge_image_20250329173100.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rabea_rogge_image_thumbnail_20250329173100.jpeg", "credit": "SpaceX", "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": "P3DT14H32M38S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 30, "date_of_birth": "1995-01-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" } ], "bio": "Rabea Rogge is an electrical engineer, robotic researcher and polar scientist who is currently scheduled to be the first female German astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabea_Rogge", "last_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 540, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/540/?format=api", "name": "Eric Boe", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 356, "name": "[AUTO] Eric Boe - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eric2520boe_image_20181203165347.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185636.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": "P28DT15H33M57S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1964-10-01", "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": "Eric Allen Boe is a United States Air Force fighter pilot Colonel, test pilot, a Civil Air Patrol member, and a NASA astronaut. He flew as the pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-126 and STS-133.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Boe", "last_flight": "2011-02-24T21:53:24Z", "first_flight": "2008-11-15T00:55:39Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 100, "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/Astro_Boe" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 572, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/572/?format=api", "name": "Nicole Aunapu Mann", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 457, "name": "[AUTO] Nicole Aunapu Mann - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nicole_aunapu_m_image_20211006163646.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185913.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": "P157DT10H1M3S", "eva_time": "PT14H2M", "age": 47, "date_of_birth": "1977-06-27", "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": "Nicole Victoria Aunapu Mann is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut. She is an F/A-18 Hornet pilot, and a graduate of the US Naval Academy, Stanford University and the US Naval Test Pilot School. She has over 2,500 flight hours in 25 types of aircraft, 200 carrier landings, and has flown 47 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mann completed astronaut training in 2015, and was assigned in August 2018 to Boe-CFT, the first test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner. 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