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=50&ordering=-last_flight
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "count": 846,
    "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=60&ordering=-last_flight",
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=40&ordering=-last_flight",
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 401,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/401/?format=api",
            "name": "Stephen Thorne",
            "status": {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "Died While In Active Service"
            },
            "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": 419,
                "name": "[AUTO] Stephen Thorne - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stephen2520thorne_image_20181202135603.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185814.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": 33,
            "date_of_birth": "1953-02-11",
            "date_of_death": "1986-05-24",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Stephen Douglas Thorne was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot and a NASA astronaut candidate.\r\n\r\nHe was born on February 11, 1953, in Frankfurt, West Germany, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975. He was a Navy fighter pilot from 1976 until he became a test pilot in 1981.\r\n\r\nHe was accepted for NASA astronaut training in June 1985, but died in an airplane accident where he was a passenger on May 24, 1986.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Thorne_(astronaut)",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 0,
            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 147,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/147/?format=api",
            "name": "Donald Holmquest",
            "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": 461,
                "name": "[AUTO] Donald Holmquest - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/donald2520holmquest_image_20181129210745.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185919.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": 86,
            "date_of_birth": "1939-04-07",
            "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": "Donald Lee Holmquest (born April 7, 1939) is an American lawyer, as well as a physician, electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut. Holmquest was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967.\r\n\r\nFrom May 1971 to September 1973, he completed training in nuclear medicine at Baylor while on two leaves from NASA. When it became clear that he would not be assigned to any Skylab mission after Skylab B was scrapped, he formally resigned from the Astronaut Corps in September 1973.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Holmquest",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 0,
            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 642,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/642/?format=api",
            "name": "Joshua Kutryk",
            "status": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Active"
            },
            "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": 478,
                "name": "[AUTO] Joshua Kutryk - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/joshua2520kutryk_image_20191228095953.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185947.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": 43,
            "date_of_birth": "1982-03-21",
            "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": "Joshua Kutryk, a Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant colonel, is from Beauvallon, Alberta. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, as well as master’s degrees in space studies, flight test engineering, and defense studies. Prior to joining CSA, Kutryk worked as an experimental test pilot and a fighter pilot in Cold Lake, Alberta, where he led the unit responsible for the operational flight-testing of fighter aircraft in Canada.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kutryk",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [
                {
                    "id": 66,
                    "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/astro_kutryk"
                },
                {
                    "id": 67,
                    "social_media": {
                        "id": 2,
                        "name": "Instagram",
                        "url": "https://instagram.com",
                        "logo": {
                            "id": 2322,
                            "name": "Instagram logo",
                            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_20250211191139.png",
                            "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191139.png",
                            "credit": "Instagram",
                            "license": {
                                "id": 1,
                                "name": "Unknown",
                                "priority": 9,
                                "link": null
                            },
                            "single_use": true,
                            "variants": []
                        }
                    },
                    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/astro_kutryk/"
                }
            ],
            "flights_count": 0,
            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 747,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/747/?format=api",
            "name": "Sophie Adenot",
            "status": {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "In-Training"
            },
            "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": 262,
                "name": "[AUTO] Sophie Adenot - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sophie_adenot_image_20221123150954.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185354.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": 43,
            "date_of_birth": "1982-07-05",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "France",
                    "alpha_2_code": "FR",
                    "alpha_3_code": "FRA",
                    "nationality_name": "French",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Franco"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Between 2001 and 2003, Sophie studied engineering and graduated from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, where she specialised in spacecraft and aircraft flight dynamics. She then completed a Master of Science in human factors engineering at MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, USA, in 2004.\r\nIn 2005, Sophie joined the French Air Force for her basic military training and initial flying training to become a helicopter pilot.  \r\n\r\nIn 2018, she graduated with honours as a helicopter test pilot from the Empire Test Pilots’ School in Boscombe Down, UK. She was awarded the Mac Kenna trophy and the Patuxtent Shield.\r\nBetween 2019 and 2022, Sophie worked as a helicopter experimental test pilot in Cazaux Flight Test Center with DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement – the French Defence Procurement Agency). She has logged 3000 hours and flew on 22 different helicopter types. She also holds a military parachute license, a light aircraft pilot license and a glider pilot license.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Adenot",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [
                {
                    "id": 24,
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                        "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/Soph_astro"
                }
            ],
            "flights_count": 0,
            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 46,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/46/?format=api",
            "name": "Theodore Freeman",
            "status": {
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Lost In Training"
            },
            "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": 272,
                "name": "[AUTO] Theodore Freeman - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/theodore2520freeman_image_20181128145757.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185410.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": 34,
            "date_of_birth": "1930-02-18",
            "date_of_death": "1964-10-31",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Theodore Cordy \"Ted\" Freeman was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Freeman",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 320,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/320/?format=api",
            "name": "Philip K. Chapman",
            "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": 598,
                "name": "[AUTO] Philip K. Chapman - image",
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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": "P0D",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 86,
            "date_of_birth": "1935-03-05",
            "date_of_death": "2021-04-05",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Philip Kenyon Chapman was the first Australian-born American astronaut, serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967).",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Chapman",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 0,
            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 645,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/645/?format=api",
            "name": "Andrei Babkin",
            "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": 226,
                "name": "[AUTO] Andrei Babkin - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andrei2520babkin_image_20200129210447.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185251.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": 56,
            "date_of_birth": "1969-04-21",
            "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": "Andrei Nikolaevich Babkin (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ба́бкин) is a Russian Engineer and Cosmonaut who was selected in April 2010.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Babkin",
            "last_flight": null,
            "first_flight": null,
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 711,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/711/?format=api",
            "name": "Andre Douglas",
            "status": {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "In-Training"
            },
            "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": 540,
                "name": "[AUTO] Andre Douglas - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andre_douglas_image_20211206185403.jpg",
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                "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": 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"
                }
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