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=480&ordering=-age
{ "count": 813, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=490&ordering=-age", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=470&ordering=-age", "results": [ { "id": 259, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/259/?format=api", "name": "Gennadi Strekalov", "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": 234, "name": "[AUTO] Gennadi Strekalov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gennadi2520strekalov_image_20181201221605.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185305.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": "P268DT22H29M54S", "eva_time": "PT21H40M13S", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1940-10-26", "date_of_death": "2004-12-25", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; October 26, 1940 – December 25, 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut-6, Salyut-7, and Mir space stations, spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Strekalov", "last_flight": "1995-03-14T06:11:34Z", "first_flight": "1980-11-27T14:18:28Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 491, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/491/?format=api", "name": "Christopher Loria", "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": 856, "name": "[AUTO] Christopher Loria - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/christopher2520loria_image_20181203154808.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190946.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": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-07-09", "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": "Christopher Joseph \"Gus\" Loria is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and a medically retired NASA astronaut. He was originally scheduled to fly on STS-113 as pilot; however, he was grounded from spaceflight due to a severe back injury.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Loria", "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 215, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/215/?format=api", "name": "Yury Onufriyenko", "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": 900, "name": "[AUTO] Yury Onufriyenko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yury2520onufriyenko_image_20181201184528.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191102.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": "P389DT14H46M12S", "eva_time": "P1DT18H32M", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1961-02-06", "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": "Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко, Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко) (born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001-2002.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Onufriyenko", "last_flight": "2001-12-05T22:19:28Z", "first_flight": "1996-02-21T12:34:05Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 8 }, { "id": 91, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/91/?format=api", "name": "Frank De Winne", "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": 443, "name": "[AUTO] Frank De Winne - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/frank2520de2520winne_image_20181128225117.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185851.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": "P198DT17H35M16S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1961-04-25", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 20, "name": "Belgium", "alpha_2_code": "BE", "alpha_3_code": "BEL", "nationality_name": "Belgian", "nationality_name_composed": "Belgo" } ], "bio": "Frank, Viscount De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout). He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21. ESA astronaut de Winne serves currently as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency in Cologne/Germany (Köln).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_De_Winne", "last_flight": "2009-05-27T10:34:53Z", "first_flight": "2002-10-30T03:11:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "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-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520a.2520pawelczyk_image_20190211162428.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.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": 377, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/377/?format=api", "name": "John M. Lounge", "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": 275, "name": "[AUTO] John M. Lounge - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520lounge_image_20181202121132.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185415.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": "P20DT2H21M59S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1946-06-28", "date_of_death": "2011-03-01", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "ohn Michael \"Mike\" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Lounge", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 517, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/517/?format=api", "name": "Lee Archambault", "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": 731, "name": "[AUTO] Lee Archambault - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/lee_archambault_image_20220911033808.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190632.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": "P26DT15H40M12S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-08-25", "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 Joseph \"Bru\" Archambault is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Archambault is married with three children. His hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey. Archambault has received numerous awards and honors throughout his life. He has also flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009. Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year career with the agency in order to become a test pilot for Sierra Nevada Corporation on their Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane project.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Archambault", "last_flight": "2009-03-15T23:43:44Z", "first_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 429, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/429/?format=api", "name": "Leroy Chiao", "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": 265, "name": "[AUTO] Leroy Chiao - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/leroy_chiao_image_20220911034040.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185358.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": "P229DT8H39M14S", "eva_time": "P1DT12H8M", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-08-28", "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": "Leroy Chiao is a Chinese-American engineer, former NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005. He is also a co-author and researcher for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Chiao", "last_flight": "2004-10-14T03:06:26Z", "first_flight": "1994-07-08T16:43:01Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 119, "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/AstroDude" } ], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 276, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/276/?format=api", "name": "Franz Viehböck", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/8/?format=api", "name": "Austrian Space Agency", "abbrev": "ALR", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 339, "name": "[AUTO] Franz Viehböck - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/franz2520viehb25c325b6ck_image_20181201223901.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185609.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": "P7DT22H12M22S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-08-24", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 11, "name": "Austria", "alpha_2_code": "AT", "alpha_3_code": "AUT", "nationality_name": "Austrian", "nationality_name_composed": "Austro" } ], "bio": "Franz Artur Viehböck (born August 24, 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer, and was Austria's first cosmonaut. He was titulated „Austronaut“ by his country's media. He visited the Mir space station in 1991 aboard Soyuz TM-13, returning aboard Soyuz TM-12 after spending just over a week in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Viehb%C3%B6ck", "last_flight": "1991-10-02T05:59:38Z", "first_flight": "1991-10-02T05:59:38Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 447, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/447/?format=api", "name": "Catherine Coleman", "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": 394, "name": "[AUTO] Catherine Coleman - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/catherine2520coleman_image_20181202144557.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185735.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": "P180DT3H58M35S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-12-14", "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": "Catherine Grace \"Cady\" Coleman is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman", "last_flight": "2010-12-15T19:09:25Z", "first_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
