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=202&ordering=-time_in_space
https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=212&ordering=-time_in_space", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=192&ordering=-time_in_space", "results": [ { "id": 451, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/451/?format=api", "name": "Jerry M. Linenger", "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": 360, "name": "[AUTO] Jerry M. Linenger - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerry2520m.2520linenger_image_20181202145028.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185643.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": "P143DT2H48M44S", "eva_time": "PT4H59M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1955-01-09", "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": "Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger", "last_flight": "1997-01-12T09:27:23Z", "first_flight": "1994-09-09T22:22:53Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 124, "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/Linenger" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 293, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/293/?format=api", "name": "Kimiya Yui", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 616, "name": "[AUTO] Kimiya Yui - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kimiya2520yui_image_20181201231949.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190323.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": "P141DT16H9M16S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1970-01-30", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 28, "name": "Japan", "alpha_2_code": "JP", "alpha_3_code": "JPN", "nationality_name": "Japanese", "nationality_name_composed": "Nippo" } ], "bio": "Kimiya Yui is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He was selected for the agency in 2009.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimiya_Yui", "last_flight": "2015-07-22T21:02:44Z", "first_flight": "2015-07-22T21:02:44Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 586, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/586/?format=api", "name": "Norman E. Thagard", "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": 213, "name": "[AUTO] Norman E. Thagard - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/norman2520e.2520thagard_image_20181207215117.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185231.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": "P140DT13H25M36S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1943-07-03", "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": "Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943), (Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. He did on this on March 14, 1995, in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Thagard", "last_flight": "1995-03-14T06:11:34Z", "first_flight": "1983-06-18T11:33:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 563, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/563/?format=api", "name": "Jack D. Fischer", "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": 839, "name": "[AUTO] Jack D. Fischer - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jack2520d.2520fischer_image_20181203172235.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190919.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": "P135DT18H8M15S", "eva_time": "PT7H6M", "age": 51, "date_of_birth": "1974-01-23", "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": "Jack David Fischer is an American engineer, test pilot and a former NASA astronaut.[2] Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. He made his first spaceflight in April 2017, as a flight engineer for Expedition 51/52 on the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_D._Fischer", "last_flight": "2017-04-20T07:13:45Z", "first_flight": "2017-04-20T07:13:45Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 77, "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/Astro2fish" }, { "id": 78, "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/astro2fish/" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 116, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/116/?format=api", "name": "Georgy Grechko", "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": 754, "name": "[AUTO] Georgy Grechko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/georgy2520grechko_image_20181128233337.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190708.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": "P134DT20H32M58S", "eva_time": "PT1H28M", "age": 85, "date_of_birth": "1931-05-25", "date_of_death": "2017-04-08", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on several space flights including Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26, and Soyuz T-14.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Grechko", "last_flight": "1985-09-17T12:38:52Z", "first_flight": "1975-01-10T21:43:37Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 511, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/511/?format=api", "name": "Daniel M. Tani", "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": 886, "name": "[AUTO] Daniel M. Tani - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/daniel2520m.2520tani_image_20181203161741.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191038.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": "P131DT18H5M13S", "eva_time": "P1DT15H31M", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1961-02-01", "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": "Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Although born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, he considers Lombard, Illinois, to be his hometown. With Peggy Whitson, Tani conducted the 100th spacewalk on the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_M._Tani", "last_flight": "2007-10-23T15:38:19Z", "first_flight": "2001-12-05T22:19:28Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 128, "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_tani" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 803, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/803/?format=api", "name": "Kirill Peskov", "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": 2129, "name": "Kirill Peskov during training", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kirill_peskov_d_image_20240802063311.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kirill_peskov_d_image_thumbnail_20240802063315.jpeg", "credit": "Roscosmos", "license": { "id": 14, "name": "Roscosmos Image Use Policy", "priority": 3, "link": "https://www.roscosmos.ru/22650/" }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P127DT2H34M6S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 35, "date_of_birth": "1990-05-01", "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": "Russian group 17 cosmonaut and former airline pilot.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-03-14T23:03:48Z", "first_flight": "2025-03-14T23:03:48Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 706, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/706/?format=api", "name": "Nichole Ayers", "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": 280, "name": "[AUTO] Nichole Ayers - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nichole_ayers_image_20211206185339.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185425.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": true, "time_in_space": "P127DT2H33M13S", "eva_time": "PT5H44M", "age": 36, "date_of_birth": "1989-01-01", "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": "Nichole Ayers is a US Air Force major who graduated from the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in Russian. She later earned a master’s degree in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University. Ayers is an experienced combat aviator with more than 200 combat hours and more than 1,150 hours of total flight time in the T-38 and the F-22 Raptor fighter jet. 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