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=44&ordering=flights_count
{ "count": 819, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=54&ordering=flights_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=34&ordering=flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 709, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/709/?format=api", "name": "Deniz Burnham", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "In-Training" }, "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": 693, "name": "[AUTO] Deniz Burnham - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/deniz_burnham_image_20211206185353.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190524.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 40, "date_of_birth": "1985-01-01", "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": "Deniz Burnham is a US Nacy lieutenant from Wasilla, Alaska. A former intern at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, Burnham serves in the U.S. Navy Reserves. She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Burnham is an experienced leader in the energy industry, managing onsite drilling projects throughout North America, including in Alaska, Canada, and Texas.\r\n\r\nExact date of birth unknown.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniz_Burnham", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 40, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/40/?format=api", "name": "Elliot See", "status": { "id": 5, "name": "Lost In Training" }, "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": 699, "name": "[AUTO] Elliot See - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/elliot_see_image_20220911033946.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190534.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 38, "date_of_birth": "1927-07-23", "date_of_death": "1966-02-28", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Elliot McKay See Jr. was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was selected for NASA's second group of astronauts in 1962. See was chosen as the prime command pilot for what would have been his first space flight, Gemini 9. He was killed with Charles Bassett, his intended Gemini 9 crewmate, in a 1966 NASA trainer jet crash at the St. Louis, Missouri McDonnell Aircraft plant, where they were to take two weeks of space rendezvous simulator training.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_See", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 749, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/749/?format=api", "name": "Rosemary Coogan", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "In-Training" }, "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": 222, "name": "[AUTO] Rosemary Coogan - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rosemary_coogan_image_20221123151351.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185245.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 10, "name": "United Kingdom", "alpha_2_code": "GB", "alpha_3_code": "GBR", "nationality_name": "British", "nationality_name_composed": "Brito" } ], "bio": "Rosemary holds two master’s degrees from the University of Durham, UK. She completed her undergraduate master’s degree of Physics in 2013 which focused on physics, mathematics, computer programming and astronomy. In 2015, she received her master's degree in Astronomy, where she conducted research on gamma-ray emission from black holes. \r\n\r\nIn 2019, Rosemary graduated with a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Sussex, UK.\r\n\r\nBetween 2013 and 2018, Rosemary spent more than one year working as a simulation support engineer and research data scientist in the UK, where she worked on software code development projects and developed machine learning techniques for anomaly detection from robotic sensors. \r\n\r\nIn 2019, Rosemary started a postdoctoral research fellowship in astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Extra-terrestrial physics in Munich, Germany, to study the evolution of galaxies with astronomical data from space- and ground-based telescopes.\r\n\r\nAfter completing this postdoctoral work in 2022, Rosemary joined French space agency CNES in Paris, France, as a research fellow in space science, where she worked on upcoming ESA/CNES missions such as EUCLID or the analysis of James Webb Space Telescope observations.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 54, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/54/?format=api", "name": "Curt Michel", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 273, "name": "[AUTO] Curt Michel - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/curt2520michel_image_20181128151119.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185412.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1934-06-05", "date_of_death": "2015-02-26", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Frank Curtis \"Curt\" Michel, Ph.D. was an American astrophysicist; a professor of astrophysics at Rice University in Houston, Texas; a former United States Air Force pilot; and a NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Michel", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 643, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/643/?format=api", "name": "Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons", "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": 746, "name": "[AUTO] Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jennifer2520sidey-gibbons_image_20191228100223.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190656.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 36, "date_of_birth": "1988-08-03", "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": "Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons hails from Calgary, Alberta. She holds an honors bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University in Montreal and a doctorate in engineering from the University of Cambridge. While at McGill, she conducted research on flame propagation in microgravity, in collaboration with CSA and the National Research Council Flight Research Laboratory. Prior to joining CSA, Sidey-Gibbons worked as an assistant professor in combustion in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni_Sidey", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [ { "id": 117, "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_jenni" }, { "id": 118, "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/astro_jenni/" } ], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 710, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/710/?format=api", "name": "Luke Delaney", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "In-Training" }, "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": 764, "name": "[AUTO] Luke Delaney - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/luke_delaney_image_20211206185357.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190723.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 46, "date_of_birth": "1979-01-01", "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": "Luke Delaney is a retired US Marine Corps major who grew up in Debary, Florida. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from University of North Florida and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a distinguished naval aviator who participated in exercises throughout the Asia Pacific region and conducted combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. As a test pilot, he executed numerous flights evaluating weapon systems integration, and he served as a test pilot instructor. Delaney most recently worked as a research pilot at NASA’s Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Virginia, where he supported airborne science missions. Including his NASA career, Delaney logged more than 3,700 flight hours on 48 models of jet, propeller, and rotary wing aircraft.\r\n\r\nExact date of birth unknown.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Delaney_(astronaut)", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 751, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/751/?format=api", "name": "Marco Alain Sieber", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "In-Training" }, "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": 813, "name": "[AUTO] Marco Alain Sieber - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/marco_alain_sie_image_20221123151653.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190838.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 8, "name": "Switzerland", "alpha_2_code": "CH", "alpha_3_code": "CHE", "nationality_name": "Swiss", "nationality_name_composed": "Swiss" } ], "bio": "In 2009, Marco joined the paratrooper training with the Swiss Special Forces Commando at the Swiss Army, where he achieved the military rank of Sergeant.\r\n\r\nIn 2015, he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Bern, Switzerland. His doctoral thesis was on robotic surgery and he was awarded best final exam for his physician diploma.\r\n\r\nIn 2021, he earned his specialist diploma in pre-clinical emergency and rescue medicine (SGNOR).\r\n\r\nBetween 2009 and 2015, Marco was working as an assistant teacher for anatomy and physiology courses at the faculty of medicine at the University of Bern. At the same time, he was also a skydiving instructor for pre-military paratrooper courses.\r\n\r\nBetween 2015 to 2017, he was a general surgery/traumatology, as well as an intensive care unit resident in Interlaken, Switzerland.\r\n\r\nAfter becoming chief medical officer with Swisscoy (Swiss Army) for KFOR (Kosovo) in 2018, Marco worked as an emergency medicine resident at the University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland, until 2019.\r\n\r\nBetween 2019 and 2021, he was an anaesthesiology resident in Interlaken, Switzerland.\r\n\r\nBetween 2020 and 2022, Marco worked as a helicopter rescue emergency medical doctor and joined the hospital in Biel, Switzerland as an urology resident one year later.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 757, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/757/?format=api", "name": "Angelo Landolfi", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1050, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1050/?format=api", "name": "Italian Air Force", "abbrev": "IAF", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 257, "name": "[AUTO] Angelo Landolfi - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/angelo_landolfi_image_20230626124438.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185344.png", "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": "PT13M53S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "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": "Italian Air Force physician selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-06-29T15:28:38Z", "first_flight": "2023-06-29T15:28:38Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 446, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/446/?format=api", "name": "Charles E. Brady Jr.", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 205, "name": "[AUTO] Charles E. Brady Jr. - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/charles2520e.2520brady2520jr._image_20181202144458.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185218.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": "P16DT21H48M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 54, "date_of_birth": "1951-08-12", "date_of_death": "2006-07-23", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Charles Eldon Brady Jr. was an American physician, a Captain in the United States Navy and a NASA astronaut. He spent 16 days in space on the STS-78 flight in 1996.\r\n\r\nBrady specialized in sports medicine and worked as team physician at several universities before joining the US Navy in 1986. There he became a flight surgeon, serving with the Blue Angels from 1988-1990. In 1992 he was selected for NASA's astronaut program and completed training to prepare for space flight. After serving in the astronaut program, he returned full-time to the Navy and served as flight surgeon at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in the San Juan Islands before retiring in the Pacific Northwest.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Brady_Jr.", "last_flight": "1996-06-20T14:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1996-06-20T14:49:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 156, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/156/?format=api", "name": "Sigmund Jähn", "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": 277, "name": "[AUTO] Sigmund Jähn - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sigmund2520j25c325a4hn_image_20181129231552.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185419.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": "P7DT20H49M4S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1937-02-13", "date_of_death": "2019-09-21", "nationality": [ { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" } ], "bio": "Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born 13 February 1937) is a German cosmonaut and pilot, who in 1978 became the first German to fly in space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn", "last_flight": "1978-08-26T14:51:30Z", "first_flight": "1978-08-26T14:51:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
