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=430&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 813, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=440&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=420&ordering=-flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 241, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/241/?format=api", "name": "Sultan bin Salman Al Saud", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 70, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/70/?format=api", "name": "Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia", "abbrev": "KACST-SRI", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 459, "name": "[AUTO] Sultan bin Salman Al Saud - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sultan2520bin2520salman2520al2520saud_image_20190211162403.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185916.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": "P7DT1H38M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-06-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 19, "name": "Saudi Arabia", "alpha_2_code": "SA", "alpha_3_code": "SAU", "nationality_name": "Saudi", "nationality_name_composed": "Saudi" } ], "bio": "Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 27 June 1956) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist, and a member of the House of Saud. 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He formally joined the European Astronaut Corps in July 2015. In March 2018, he gained certification to perform International Space Station-related spacewalks in the American spacesuit EMU. In 2018 he also successfully graduated from both basic astronaut training and pre-assignment training and thus became fully certified to go to space.\r\nOn 28 July 2020, Maurer was announced as a backup for Thomas Pesquet for the ISS expedition 65. His own flight is scheduled to take place no earlier than September 2021 aboard SpaceX Crew-3.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Maurer", "last_flight": "2021-11-11T02:03:31Z", "first_flight": "2021-11-11T02:03:31Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 5, "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_matthias" }, { "id": 6, "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/esamatthiasmaurer" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "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": 689, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/689/?format=api", "name": "Oliver Daemen", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 141, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "abbrev": "BO", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": { "id": 570, "name": "[AUTO] Oliver Daemen - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/oliver_daemen_image_20220606095856.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190212.jpeg", "credit": null, "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": "PT10M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 22, "date_of_birth": "2002-08-20", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 27, "name": "Netherlands", "alpha_2_code": "NL", "alpha_3_code": "NLD", "nationality_name": "Dutch", "nationality_name_composed": "Dutch" } ], "bio": "Dutch high school graduate whose father won the second place at the auction for New Shepard's first crewed flight. At only 18, he is the youngest person to go to space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Daemen", "last_flight": "2021-07-20T13:12:00Z", "first_flight": "2021-07-20T13:12:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 129, "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/oliver_daemen/" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 744, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/744/?format=api", "name": "Shaun the Sheep", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 571, "name": "[AUTO] Shaun the Sheep - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shaun_the_sheep_image_20220818114142.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190213.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Non-Human" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P25DT10H52M46S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 17, "name": "Unknown", "alpha_2_code": "??", "alpha_3_code": "???", "nationality_name": "Earthling", "nationality_name_composed": "Earthling" } ], "bio": "Shaun the Sheep is the main character of the eponymous British stop-motion TV show. This plushie serves as zero-G indicator on the Artemis-1 mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_the_Sheep", "last_flight": "2022-11-16T06:47:44Z", "first_flight": "2022-11-16T06:47:44Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 485, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/485/?format=api", "name": "Duane G. Carey", "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": 224, "name": "[AUTO] Duane G. Carey - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/duane2520g.2520carey_image_20181203153744.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185248.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": "P10DT22H10M58S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-04-30", "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": "Duane Gene \"Digger\" Carey is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_G._Carey", "last_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "first_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 321, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/321/?format=api", "name": "Anthony W. England", "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": 573, "name": "[AUTO] Anthony W. England - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anthony2520w.2520england_image_20181202092815.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190216.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": "P7DT22H45M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 83, "date_of_birth": "1942-05-15", "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": "Anthony Wayne England better known as Tony England, is an American, former NASA astronaut. Selected in 1967, England was among a group of astronauts who served as backups during the Apollo and Skylab programs. Like most others in his class, he flew during the Space Shuttle program, serving as a mission specialist on STS-51F in 1985. He has logged more than 3,000 hours of flying time and 188 hours in space.\r\n\r\nEngland helped develop and use radars to probe the Moon on Apollo 17 and glaciers in Washington and Alaska. He participated in and led field parties during two seasons in Antarctica.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_W._England", "last_flight": "1985-07-29T21:00:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-07-29T21:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 612, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/612/?format=api", "name": "Albert Sacco", "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": 574, "name": "[AUTO] Albert Sacco - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/albert2520sacco_image_20190211162452.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190217.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": "P15DT21H52M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-05-03", "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": "Albert Sacco Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sacco", "last_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z", "first_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/80/?format=api", "name": "Roberta Bondar", "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": 458, "name": "[AUTO] Roberta Bondar - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/roberta2520bondar_image_20181128223453.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185914.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": "P8DT1H14M27S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1945-12-04", "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": "Roberta Bondar (born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities.\r\n\r\nBondar has received many honours including the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, over 22 honorary degrees and induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Bondar", "last_flight": "1992-01-22T14:52:33Z", "first_flight": "1992-01-22T14:52:33Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 107, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/107/?format=api", "name": "Dirk Frimout", "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": 576, "name": "[AUTO] Dirk Frimout - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/dirk2520frimout_image_20181128231547.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190220.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": "P8DT22H9M21S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 84, "date_of_birth": "1941-03-21", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 20, "name": "Belgium", "alpha_2_code": "BE", "alpha_3_code": "BEL", "nationality_name": "Belgian", "nationality_name_composed": "Belgo" } ], "bio": "Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist, making him the first Belgian in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Frimout", "last_flight": "1992-03-24T13:13:39Z", "first_flight": "1992-03-24T13:13:39Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
