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=470&ordering=-landings_count
{ "count": 824, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=480&ordering=-landings_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=460&ordering=-landings_count", "results": [ { "id": 167, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/167/?format=api", "name": "Dmitri Kondratyev", "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": 605, "name": "[AUTO] Dmitri Kondratyev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/dmitri2520kondratyev_image_20181129233324.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190306.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": "P159DT7H17M35S", "eva_time": "PT10H14M", "age": 56, "date_of_birth": "1969-05-25", "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": "Dmitri Yur'yevich Kondrat'yev Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Кондратьев (born 25 May 1969 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crewmember on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 26 during the same stay in space. Kondratyev traveled to space for the first time aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft in December 2010.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Kondratyev", "last_flight": "2010-12-15T19:09:25Z", "first_flight": "2010-12-15T19:09:25Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 741, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/741/?format=api", "name": "Commander Moonikin Campos", "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": 606, "name": "[AUTO] Commander Moonikin Campos - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commander_mooni_image_20220911033657.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190308.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": "Commander Moonikin Campos is an Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD), named as a homage to to Arturo Campos, a key player in bringing Apollo 13 safely back to Earth.", "wiki": null, "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": 790, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/790/?format=api", "name": "Edward Joseph Dwight Jr.", "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": null, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT9M53S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 91, "date_of_birth": "1933-09-09", "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": "In 1961, Ed was chosen by President John F. Kennedy to enter training at the Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS), an elite U.S. Air Force flight training program known as a pathway for entering the NASA Astronaut Corps. In 1963, after successfully completing the ARPS program, Ed was recommended by the U.S. Air Force for the NASA Astronaut Corps but ultimately was not among those selected. He entered private life in 1966 and spent a decade as an entrepreneur before dedicating his life’s work to using sculpture as a medium to tell the story of Black history. He’s spent the last five decades creating large-scale monuments of iconic Black figures, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, among many others. His more than 130 public works are installed in museums and public spaces across the U.S. and Canada. Ed was born in 1933 and raised in Kansas City, KS.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Dwight", "last_flight": "2024-05-19T14:35:09Z", "first_flight": "2024-05-19T14:35:09Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 212, "social_media": { "id": 3, "name": "Homepage", "url": null, "logo": null }, "url": "https://www.eddwight.com/" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 620, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/620/?format=api", "name": "Richard Garriott", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": null, "image": { "id": 430, "name": "[AUTO] Richard Garriott - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard2520garriott_image_20190211162327.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185831.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": "P11DT20H35M27S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1961-07-04", "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": "Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (born July 4, 1961) is an English-American video game developer and entrepreneur.\r\n\r\nOn October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard Soyuz TMA-13 to the International Space Station as a private astronaut, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second astronaut, and first from the U.S., who had a parent that was also a space traveler.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott", "last_flight": "2008-10-12T07:01:33Z", "first_flight": "2008-10-12T07:01:33Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 146, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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/RichardGarriott" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 111, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/111/?format=api", "name": "Yuri Gagarin", "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": 944, "name": "[AUTO] Yuri Gagarin - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuri2520gagarin_image_20200211151614.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191209.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": "PT1H48M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 34, "date_of_birth": "1934-03-09", "date_of_death": "1968-03-27", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin", "last_flight": "1961-04-12T06:07:00Z", "first_flight": "1961-04-12T06:07:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 290, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/290/?format=api", "name": "Yang Liwei", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 610, "name": "[AUTO] Yang Liwei - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yang2520liwei_image_20181201225703.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190313.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": "PT21H22M45S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-21", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Liwei", "last_flight": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "first_flight": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 616, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/616/?format=api", "name": "James A. Pawelczyk", "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": 611, "name": "[AUTO] James A. Pawelczyk - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520a.2520pawelczyk_image_20190211162428.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190315.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": "P15DT21H50M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-09-20", "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 Anthony \"Jim\" Pawelczyk (born September 20, 1960) is an American researcher of physiology and Kinesiology who flew aboard the NASA STS-90 Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Pawelczyk", "last_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "first_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 723, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/723/?format=api", "name": "Jim Kitchen", "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": 212, "name": "[AUTO] Jim Kitchen - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jim_kitchen_image_20220606095541.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185229.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": "PT10M4S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "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": "Jim Kitchen is a teacher, entrepreneur, and world explorer who has visited all 193 U.N.-recognized countries.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2022-03-31T13:57:55Z", "first_flight": "2022-03-31T13:57:55Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 254, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/254/?format=api", "name": "Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 43, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/43/?format=api", "name": "Malaysian National Space Agency", "abbrev": "ANGKASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 623, "name": "[AUTO] Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sheikh2520muszaphar2520shukor_image_20181201221035.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190334.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": "P10DT21H13M21S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 53, "date_of_birth": "1972-07-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 37, "name": "Malaysia", "alpha_2_code": "MY", "alpha_3_code": "MYS", "nationality_name": "Malaysian", "nationality_name_composed": "Malaysian" } ], "bio": "Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and the first Malaysian astronaut. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on 21 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor", "last_flight": "2007-10-10T13:22:39Z", "first_flight": "2007-10-10T13:22:39Z", "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-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/charles2520e.2520brady2520jr._image_20181202144458.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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 } ] }
