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=460&ordering=-id
{ "count": 805, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=470&ordering=-id", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=450&ordering=-id", "results": [ { "id": 359, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/359/?format=api", "name": "Margaret Rhea Seddon", "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": 777, "name": "[AUTO] Margaret Rhea Seddon - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/margaret2520rhea2520seddon_image_20181202104948.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190743.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": "P30DT2H21M22S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1947-11-08", "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": "Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Rhea_Seddon", "last_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:10Z", "first_flight": "1985-04-12T13:59:05Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 358, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/358/?format=api", "name": "Sally Ride", "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": 342, "name": "[AUTO] Sally Ride - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sally2520ride_image_20190421143600.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185614.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": "P14DT7H46M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1951-05-26", "date_of_death": "2012-07-23", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut, physicist, and engineer. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987. She worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate in both. Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride", "last_flight": "1984-10-05T11:03:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-06-18T11:33:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 357, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/357/?format=api", "name": "Judith Resnik", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Lost In Flight" }, "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": 665, "name": "[AUTO] Judith Resnik - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/judith_resnik_image_20220911033530.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190441.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": "P6DT56M23S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 36, "date_of_birth": "1949-04-05", "date_of_death": "1986-01-28", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Judith Arlene Resnik was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut, who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L.\r\n\r\nRecognised while still a child for her \"intellectual brilliance\",[1] Resnik went on to work for RCA as an engineer on NASA missile and radar projects, was a senior systems engineer for Xerox Corporation, and published research on special purpose integrated circuitry, before she was recruited by NASA to the astronaut program as a mission specialist at age 28. While training on the astronaut program, she developed software and operating procedures for NASA missions.[2] She was also a pilot and made research contributions to biomedical engineering, as a research fellow of biomedical engineering at the National Institutes of Health.\r\n\r\nInitially planning to be a concert pianist, Resnik had turned down a place at the Juilliard School of Music, choosing instead to study mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University after being one of only 16 girls in the United States to have attained 100% scores in her SAT exams at the time. She went on to graduate from Carnegie Institute of Technology in electrical engineering, before graduating with a Ph.D. magna cum laude in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland.\r\n\r\nResnik was the second American woman in space, and the fourth woman in space worldwide, logging 145 hours in orbit. She was also the first Jewish American in space, and the first Jewish woman of any nationality in space. The IEEE Judith Resnik Award for space engineering is named in her honor.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Resnik", "last_flight": "1986-01-28T16:38:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 356, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/356/?format=api", "name": "Ellison Onizuka", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Lost In Flight" }, "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": 613, "name": "[AUTO] Ellison Onizuka - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ellison2520onizuka_image_20181202104638.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190318.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": "P3DT1H34M13S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 39, "date_of_birth": "1946-06-24", "date_of_death": "1986-01-28", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Ellison Shoji Onizuka (鬼塚 承次 Onizuka Shōji) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka", "last_flight": "1986-01-28T16:38:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-01-24T19:50:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 355, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/355/?format=api", "name": "George Nelson", "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": 832, "name": "[AUTO] George Nelson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/george2520nelson_image_20181202104538.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190908.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": "P17DT2H43M", "eva_time": "PT9H22M", "age": 74, "date_of_birth": "1950-07-13", "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": "George Driver \"Pinky\" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and a former NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nelson_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "1988-09-29T15:37:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-04-06T13:58:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 354, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/354/?format=api", "name": "Mike Mullane", "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": 211, "name": "[AUTO] Mike Mullane - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mike_mullane_image_20220911034105.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185228.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": "P14DT20H18M14S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1945-09-10", "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": "Richard Michael \"Mike\" Mullane is an engineer and aircraft pilot, a retired USAF officer. and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mullane", "last_flight": "1990-02-28T07:50:22Z", "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 353, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/353/?format=api", "name": "Ronald McNair", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Lost In Flight" }, "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": 676, "name": "[AUTO] Ronald McNair - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ronald2520mcnair_image_20181202104346.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190458.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": "P7DT23H17M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 35, "date_of_birth": "1950-10-21", "date_of_death": "1986-01-28", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Ronald Erwin McNair was an American physicist and NASA astronaut. He died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl, and two children. His kids were Joy Charey Mcnair (Daughter) and Reginald Ervin Mcnair (son).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair", "last_flight": "1986-01-28T16:38:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-02-03T13:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 352, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/352/?format=api", "name": "Shannon Lucid", "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": 830, "name": "[AUTO] Shannon Lucid - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shannon2520lucid_image_20181202104248.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190904.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": "P223DT2H50M6S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1943-01-14", "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": "Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to have served aboard Mir.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid", "last_flight": "1996-03-22T08:13:04Z", "first_flight": "1985-06-17T11:33:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 351, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/351/?format=api", "name": "Dale Gardner", "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": 857, "name": "[AUTO] Dale Gardner - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/dale2520gardner_image_20181202104138.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190948.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": "P14DT52M", "eva_time": "PT11H42M", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1948-11-08", "date_of_death": "2014-02-19", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Gardner", "last_flight": "1984-11-08T12:15:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-08-30T06:32:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 350, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/350/?format=api", "name": "Anna Lee Fisher", "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": 214, "name": "[AUTO] Anna Lee Fisher - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anna_lee_fisher_image_20220911034100.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185232.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": "P7DT23H44M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 75, "date_of_birth": "1949-08-24", "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": "Anna Lee Fisher (née Tingle) is an American chemist, emergency physician, and a former NASA astronaut. Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space.[4] Fisher was formerly the oldest active American astronaut.[5] During her career at NASA, she has been involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion project.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lee_Fisher", "last_flight": "1984-11-08T12:15:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-11-08T12:15:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
