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=454&ordering=age
{ "count": 819, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=464&ordering=age", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=444&ordering=age", "results": [ { "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": 451, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/451/?format=api", "name": "Jerry M. Linenger", "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": 360, "name": "[AUTO] Jerry M. Linenger - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerry2520m.2520linenger_image_20181202145028.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185643.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": "P143DT2H48M44S", "eva_time": "PT4H59M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1955-01-09", "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": "Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger", "last_flight": "1997-01-12T09:27:23Z", "first_flight": "1994-09-09T22:22:53Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 124, "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/Linenger" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 325, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/325/?format=api", "name": "Brian O'Leary", "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": 828, "name": "[AUTO] Brian O'Leary - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/brian2520o2527leary_image_20181202093255.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190902.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": 71, "date_of_birth": "1940-01-27", "date_of_death": "2011-07-28", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Brian Todd O'Leary was an American scientist, author, and former NASA astronaut. He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 6, a group of scientist-astronauts chosen with the intention of training for the Apollo Applications Program.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_O%27Leary", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 223, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/223/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Poleshchuk", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": 221, "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Poleshchuk - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520poleshchuk_image_20181201212023.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185243.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": "P179DT42M55S", "eva_time": "PT9H58M", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1953-10-30", "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": "Aleksandr Fyodorovich Poleshchuk (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Полещук, born October 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut.\r\nIn February 1989 he was selected as a test cosmonaut candidate (1989 Cosmonaut Candidates Class, Group 14, Civil Specialists). From September 1989 to January 1991 he underwent the complete course of general space training and was qualified as a test cosmonaut, and then till March 1992 he undertook advanced training for the Soyuz-TM transport vehicle and Mir station flight.\r\n\r\nIn 1992 he was selected as the backup flight engineer of the Soyuz TM-15 joint Russian-French mission, and consequently nominated as the flight engineer of the prime crew of Soyuz TM-16. In space from January 24 to July 22, 1993, he participated in a 179-day space flight with Gennady Manakov. During the flight he performed two EVAs totaling 9 hours and 58 minutes. Also testing of the androgynous peripheral docking subassembly of the Kristall module was performed.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Poleshchuk", "last_flight": "1993-01-24T05:58:05Z", "first_flight": "1993-01-24T05:58:05Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 264, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/264/?format=api", "name": "Gerhard Thiele", "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": 691, "name": "[AUTO] Gerhard Thiele - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gerhard2520thiele_image_20181201222259.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190520.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": "P11DT5H39M20S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1953-09-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" } ], "bio": "Dr. Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut.\r\nIn 1996, he was selected by the German Space Agency to receive Space Shuttle Mission Specialist training at NASA. In August 1998, he joined the European Space Agency (ESA), into which the German national team was integrated. In 2000, he completed his only spaceflight, the STS-99 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Thiele", "last_flight": "2000-02-11T17:43:40Z", "first_flight": "2000-02-11T17:43:40Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 278, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/278/?format=api", "name": "Pavel Vinogradov", "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": 373, "name": "[AUTO] Pavel Vinogradov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pavel2520vinogradov_image_20181201224203.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185703.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": "P546DT22H31M26S", "eva_time": "P1DT14H25M", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1953-08-31", "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": "Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov (Russian: Павел Владимирович Виноградов; born August 31, 1953 in Magadan, USSR) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station. As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station, and is one of the top 10 astronauts in terms of total time in space. Vinogradov has also conducted seven spacewalks in his cosmonaut career, and holds the record for the oldest person to perform a spacewalk.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Vinogradov", "last_flight": "2013-03-28T20:43:20Z", "first_flight": "1997-08-05T15:35:54Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 7 }, { "id": 482, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/482/?format=api", "name": "James F. Reilly", "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": 217, "name": "[AUTO] James F. Reilly - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520f.2520reilly_image_20181202152929.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185237.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": "P35DT10H32M42S", "eva_time": "P1DT6H43M", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1954-03-18", "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": "James Francis Reilly II is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on three space shuttle missions: STS-89, STS-104 and STS-117.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Reilly", "last_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z", "first_flight": "1998-01-23T02:48:15Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 846, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/846/?format=api", "name": "Jaime Alemán", "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": 2406, "name": "Jaime Alemán official portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jaime_alem25c3_image_20250601063431.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jaime_alem25c3_image_thumbnail_20250601063431.jpeg", "credit": "Blue Origin", "license": { "id": 37, "name": "Blue Origin Terms of Use", "priority": 6, "link": "https://www.blueorigin.com/terms-of-use" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT10M7S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1953-11-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 101, "name": "Panama", "alpha_2_code": "PA", "alpha_3_code": "PAN", "nationality_name": "Panamanian", "nationality_name_composed": "Panamo" } ], "bio": "Panamanian lawyer, businessman, and diplomat who served as Ambassador of Panama to the United States from August 11, 2009, to January 2, 2011. Alemán is also recognized for his pursuit of the ultimate travel \"Grand Slam,\" having visited all 193 United Nations member states, both polar extremes, and a suborbital spaceflight with Blue Origin.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Alem%C3%A1n", "last_flight": "2025-05-31T13:39:11Z", "first_flight": "2025-05-31T13:39:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 288, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/288/?format=api", "name": "Dafydd Williams", "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": 323, "name": "[AUTO] Dafydd Williams - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/dafydd2520williams_image_20181201225440.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185541.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": "P28DT15H46M18S", "eva_time": "PT17H30M", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1954-05-16", "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": "Dafydd Rhys \"Dave\" Williams OC (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker and a retired CSA astronaut. 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": 416, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/416/?format=api", "name": "Jan Davis", "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": 514, "name": "[AUTO] Jan Davis - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jan_davis_image_20220911033904.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190042.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": "P28DT2H6M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1953-11-01", "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": "Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Davis", "last_flight": "1997-08-07T14:41:00Z", "first_flight": "1992-09-12T14:23:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
