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

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=450&ordering=-flights_count
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "count": 862,
  "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=460&ordering=-flights_count",
  "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=440&ordering=-flights_count",
  "results": [
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      "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-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/albert2520sacco_image_20190211162452.jpeg",
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        "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": 77,
      "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.",
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      "first_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z",
      "social_media_links": [],
      "flights_count": 1,
      "landings_count": 1,
      "spacewalks_count": 0
    },
    {
      "id": 504,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/504/?format=api",
      "name": "Lee Morin",
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        "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": 472,
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        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/lee_morin_image_20220911033921.jpeg",
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        "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": "P10DT19H41M41S",
      "eva_time": "PT14H7M",
      "age": 74,
      "date_of_birth": "1952-09-09",
      "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": "Lee Miller Emile Morin is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002.",
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      "spacewalks_count": 2
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        "id": 2,
        "name": "Retired"
      },
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        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/27/?format=api",
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        "abbrev": "ESA",
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          "name": "Multinational"
        }
      },
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          "id": 1,
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        "single_use": true,
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        "id": 2,
        "name": "Government"
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          "nationality_name": "Belgian",
          "nationality_name_composed": "Belgo"
        }
      ],
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      "spacewalks_count": 0
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      "id": 692,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/692/?format=api",
      "name": "Robert A. Rushworth",
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      "agency": {
        "response_mode": "list",
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        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api",
        "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
        "abbrev": "NASA",
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          "name": "Government"
        }
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        "credit": null,
        "license": {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "Unknown",
          "priority": 9,
          "link": null
        },
        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
      },
      "response_mode": "normal",
      "type": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Unknown"
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          "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
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      ],
      "bio": "Robert Aitken \"Bob\" Rushworth was an American United States Air Force major general, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War pilot, mechanical and aeronautical engineer, test pilot and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles in altitude on Flight 87.",
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      "first_flight": "1963-06-27T17:56:00Z",
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      "name": "Anastatia Mayers",
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        "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
      },
      "agency": {
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        "id": 1024,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api",
        "name": "Virgin Galactic",
        "abbrev": "VG",
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          "name": "Private"
        }
      },
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        "name": "[AUTO] Anastatia Mayers - image",
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        "license": {
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          "name": "Unknown",
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          "link": null
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        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
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      "response_mode": "normal",
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        "name": "Private"
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      "eva_time": "P0D",
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          "nationality_name": "Antiguan",
          "nationality_name_composed": "Antiguan"
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      "bio": "Passenger on Galactic-02, winners of Space for Humanity draw.",
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      "name": "Kellie Gerardi",
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        "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
      },
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        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1078/?format=api",
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      "name": "Sultan bin Salman Al Saud",
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        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/70/?format=api",
        "name": "Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia",
        "abbrev": "KACST-SRI",
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          "name": "Government"
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        "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
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        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/141/?format=api",
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          "name": "Commercial"
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          "name": "Blue Origin Terms of Use",
          "priority": 6,
          "link": "https://www.blueorigin.com/terms-of-use"
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        "variants": []
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