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=340&ordering=date_of_birth
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Williams was a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Williams", "last_flight": "2007-08-08T22:36:42Z", "first_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 461, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/461/?format=api", "name": "Jeffrey Ashby", "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": 439, "name": "[AUTO] Jeffrey Ashby - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jeffrey_ashby_image_20220911034133.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185845.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": "P27DT16H17M27S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-06-16", "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": "Jeffrey Shears \"Bones\" Ashby is an American mechanical engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Ashby", "last_flight": "2002-10-07T19:45:51Z", "first_flight": "1999-07-23T04:31:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 165, "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/Jeffrey_S_Ashby" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 229, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/229/?format=api", "name": "Ilan Ramon", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Lost In Flight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 35, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/35/?format=api", "name": "Israeli Space Agency", "abbrev": "ISA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 569, "name": "[AUTO] Ilan Ramon - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ilan2520ramon_image_20181201213102.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190210.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": "P15DT22H20M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 48, "date_of_birth": "1954-06-20", "date_of_death": "2003-02-01", "nationality": [ { "id": 29, "name": "Israel", "alpha_2_code": "IL", "alpha_3_code": "ISR", "nationality_name": "Israeli", "nationality_name_composed": "Israeli" } ], "bio": "Ilan Ramon (born June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut for NASA.\r\n\r\nRamon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry accident. At 48, he was the oldest member of the crew. Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Ramon", "last_flight": "2003-01-16T15:39:00Z", "first_flight": "2003-01-16T15:39:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 518, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/518/?format=api", "name": "Gregory C. Johnson", "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": 723, "name": "[AUTO] Gregory C. Johnson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory_c._john_image_20220911034032.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190620.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": "P12DT21H37M4S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-07-30", "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": "Gregory Carl \"Ray J\" Johnson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He spent his military career in both, the United States Navy and the Navy Reserve. He was the Pilot on Space Shuttle mission STS-125, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_C._Johnson", "last_flight": "2009-05-11T18:01:56Z", "first_flight": "2009-05-11T18:01:56Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 140, "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/AstroRayJ" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 118, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/118/?format=api", "name": "Umberto Guidoni", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" } }, "image": { "id": 473, "name": "[AUTO] Umberto Guidoni - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/umberto2520guidoni_image_20181128233554.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185939.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": "P27DT15H10M18S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-08-18", "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": "Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. He is a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Guidoni", "last_flight": "2001-04-19T18:40:42Z", "first_flight": "1996-02-22T20:18:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 94, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/94/?format=api", "name": "Takao Doi", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": 552, "name": "[AUTO] Takao Doi - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/takao2520doi_image_20181128225501.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190143.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": "P31DT10H45M46S", "eva_time": "PT12H43M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-09-18", "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": "Takao Doi (土井 隆雄 Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut and veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.\r\n\r\nDoi flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-87 in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Doi", "last_flight": "2008-03-11T06:28:14Z", "first_flight": "1997-11-19T19:46:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 411, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/411/?format=api", "name": "Kevin P. Chilton", "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": 454, "name": "[AUTO] Kevin P. Chilton - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kevin_p._chilto_image_20220911034500.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185908.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": "P29DT10H21M55S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-11-03", "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": "Kevin Patrick \"Chilli\" Chilton is an American mechanical engineer, and former United States Air Force four-star General and test pilot. His last assignment was as Commander, U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007 to January 28, 2011. Prior to his appointment to general officer ranks, Chilton spent 11 years of his military career as a NASA astronaut. He retired from the Air Force on February 1, 2011, after having achieved the highest rank of any military astronaut. On January 30, 2012, General Chilton was named to the board of directors of Orbital Sciences Corporation.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_P._Chilton", "last_flight": "1996-03-22T08:13:04Z", "first_flight": "1992-05-07T23:40:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "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. 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She is also an editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine. 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