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=268&ordering=status
{ "count": 853, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=278&ordering=status", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=258&ordering=status", "results": [ { "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": 525, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/525/?format=api", "name": "Gregory Chamitoff", "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": 624, "name": "[AUTO] Gregory Chamitoff - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory_chamito_image_20220911034240.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190336.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": "P198DT18H1M20S", "eva_time": "PT13H43M", "age": 63, "date_of_birth": "1962-08-06", "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": "Gregory Errol Chamitoff is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124, launching 31 May 2008. He was in space for 6 months, joining Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station. He returned to Earth on the 30th of November 2008 aboard STS-126. Chamitoff served as a mission specialist on the STS-134 mission, which was the last flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the ISS.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Chamitoff", "last_flight": "2011-05-16T12:56:28Z", "first_flight": "2008-05-31T21:02:12Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 52, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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_Taz" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 336, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/336/?format=api", "name": "John Oliver Creighton", "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": 941, "name": "[AUTO] John Oliver Creighton - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520oliver2520creighton_image_20181202102551.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191204.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": "P16DT20H22M34S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1943-04-28", "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": "John Oliver Creighton is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oliver_Creighton", "last_flight": "1991-09-12T23:11:04Z", "first_flight": "1985-06-17T11:33:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 226, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/226/?format=api", "name": "Leonid Popov", "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": 787, "name": "[AUTO] Leonid Popov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/leonid2520popov_image_20181201212542.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190757.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": "P200DT14H45M51S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1945-08-31", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 12, "name": "Ukraine", "alpha_2_code": "UA", "alpha_3_code": "UKR", "nationality_name": "Ukrainian", "nationality_name_composed": "Ukro" } ], "bio": "Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35, Soyuz 40 and Soyuz T-7, logging 200 days, 14 hours, and 45 minutes in space before his retirement on June 13, 1987.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Popov", "last_flight": "1982-08-19T17:11:52Z", "first_flight": "1980-04-09T13:38:22Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 562, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/562/?format=api", "name": "Jeanette J. Epps", "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": 914, "name": "[AUTO] Jeanette J. Epps - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jeanette_j._epp_image_20220911034355.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191122.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": "P235DT3H35M24S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1970-11-03", "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": "Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_J._Epps", "last_flight": "2024-03-04T03:53:38Z", "first_flight": "2024-03-04T03:53:38Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 147, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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_Jeanette" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 379, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/379/?format=api", "name": "Sherwood C. Spring", "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": 934, "name": "[AUTO] Sherwood C. Spring - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sherwood_c._spr_image_20220911034121.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191153.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": "P6DT21H4M", "eva_time": "PT12H13M", "age": 81, "date_of_birth": "1944-09-03", "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": "Sherwood Clark \"Woody\" Spring is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut. Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring. Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting spacewalks. Spring has also accumulated 3,500 hours in 25 different military and civilian aircraft; over 1,500 of those hours were spent in jet aircraft.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_C._Spring", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 616, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/616/?format=api", "name": "James A. Pawelczyk", "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": 611, "name": "[AUTO] James A. 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He was the first Jewish cosmonaut to enter space, preceding Judith Resnik in the United States.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Volynov", "last_flight": "1976-07-06T12:08:45Z", "first_flight": "1969-01-15T07:04:57Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 419, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/419/?format=api", "name": "Bruce E. Melnick", "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": 378, "name": "[AUTO] Bruce E. Melnick - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/bruce2520e.2520melnick_image_20181202141525.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185712.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": "P13DT1H26M45S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-12-05", "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": "Bruce Edward Melnick is a former American astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer. Following retirement from NASA and the Coast Guard, he entered the aerospace industry. He served as a Vice President with the Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems group, in charge of Boeing's Florida operations at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Melnick retired in 2008 and currently resides on Merritt Island, Florida.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_E._Melnick", "last_flight": "1992-05-07T23:40:00Z", "first_flight": "1990-10-06T11:47:15Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 471, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/471/?format=api", "name": "Steven Lindsey", "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": 319, "name": "[AUTO] Steven Lindsey - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/steven_lindsey_image_20220911033912.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185532.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": "P62DT22H33M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1960-08-24", "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": "Steven Wayne Lindsey is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Lindsey", "last_flight": "2011-02-24T21:53:24Z", "first_flight": "1997-11-19T19:46:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
