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=380&ordering=flights_count
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Buckey", "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": 785, "name": "[AUTO] Jay C. Buckey - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jay2520c.2520buckey_image_20190211162434.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190754.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P15DT21H50M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 69, "date_of_birth": "1956-06-06", "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": "Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City) is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one space shuttle mission (STS-90) as a Payload Specialist.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Buckey", "last_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "first_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 6, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/6/?format=api", "name": "David Saint-Jacques", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 866, "name": "[AUTO] David Saint-Jacques - 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image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/toyohiro2520akiyama_image_20190211162254.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185731.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Non-Astronaut Passenger" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P7DT21H54M28S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 83, "date_of_birth": "1942-06-22", "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": "Toyohiro Akiyama (born July 22, 1942) is a Japanese TV journalist best known for his flight to the Mir space station aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in 1990. Akiyama is the first person of Japanese nationality to have flown in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyohiro_Akiyama", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T08:13:32Z", "first_flight": "1990-12-02T08:13:32Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 663, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/663/?format=api", "name": "Denis Matveev", "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": 650, "name": "[AUTO] Denis Matveev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/denis_matveev_image_20220316173450.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190418.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": "P194DT19H1M41S", "eva_time": "P1DT2H6M", "age": 42, "date_of_birth": "1983-04-23", "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": "Denis Vladimirovich Matveev is a Russian cosmonaut. He received his degree in computing and networks from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2006. After graduation, Matveev began working at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia as a junior research assistant. He was promoted to engineer in 2009. Matveev was selected as a cosmonaut in 2010. He was appointed to begin training on October 12, 2010 and was named a test cosmonaut on July 31, 2012.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Matveev", "last_flight": "2022-03-18T15:55:19Z", "first_flight": "2022-03-18T15:55:19Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 582, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/582/?format=api", "name": "Jessica Watkins", "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": 591, "name": "[AUTO] Jessica Watkins - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jessica2520watkins_image_20200110161821.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190244.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": "P170DT13H2M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 37, "date_of_birth": "1988-05-14", "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": "Jessica Andrea Watkins is an American geologist, former international rugby player, and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Watkins", "last_flight": "2022-04-27T07:52:55Z", "first_flight": "2022-04-27T07:52:55Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 732, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/732/?format=api", "name": "Andrei Fedyaev", "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": 646, "name": "[AUTO] Andrei Fedyaev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andrei_fedyaev_image_20230207203113.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190412.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": "P185DT22H43M9S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 44, "date_of_birth": "1981-02-26", "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": "Andrei Valerievich Fedyaev (Андрей Валерьевич Федяев) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was a military pilot prior to retiring from Air Force in 2013, and was selected as a cosmonaut in 2012. \r\n\r\nISS-69 expedition will be Fedyaev's first spaceflight.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Fedyaev", "last_flight": "2023-03-02T05:34:14Z", "first_flight": "2023-03-02T05:34:14Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 806, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/806/?format=api", "name": "Tibor Kapu", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1088, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1088/?format=api", "name": "Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade", "abbrev": "", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 2133, "name": "Tibor Kapu portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tibor_kapu_port_image_20240803065636.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tibor_kapu_port_image_thumbnail_20240803065640.jpeg", "credit": "MTI/KKM", "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": "P20DT2H58M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 33, "date_of_birth": "1991-11-05", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 31, "name": "Hungary", "alpha_2_code": "HU", "alpha_3_code": "HUN", "nationality_name": "Hungarian", "nationality_name_composed": "Hungarian" } ], "bio": "Hungarian astronaut selected to participate in a private spaceflight to the ISS as part of the HUNOR program.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "first_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 218, "social_media": { "id": 4, "name": "LinkedIn", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/", "logo": { "id": 2321, "name": "LinkedIn logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/linkedin_logo_image_20250211191111.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/linkedin_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191112.png", "credit": "LinkedIn", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaptib91" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 804, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/804/?format=api", "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 31, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/31/?format=api", "name": "Indian Space Research Organization", "abbrev": "ISRO", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 2131, "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shubhanshu_shuk_image_20240803064210.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shubhanshu_shuk_image_thumbnail_20240803064212.jpeg", "credit": "ISRO", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P20DT2H58M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 39, "date_of_birth": "1985-10-10", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 9, "name": "India", "alpha_2_code": "IN", "alpha_3_code": "IND", "nationality_name": "Indian", "nationality_name_composed": "Indo" } ], "bio": "Indian astronaut part of the first group of the Indian domestic human spaceflight program.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "first_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
