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=50&ordering=status
{ "count": 819, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=60&ordering=status", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=40&ordering=status", "results": [ { "id": 688, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/688/?format=api", "name": "Colin Bennett", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1024, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "abbrev": "VG", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 399, "name": "[AUTO] Colin Bennett - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/colin_bennett_image_20230626124901.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185743.png", "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": "PT59M23S", "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": "Colin Bennett is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways before joining Virgin Galactic in 2015 where he now acts as Lead Astronaut Instructor.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 838, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/838/?format=api", "name": "Eric Philips", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "abbrev": "SpX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": { "id": 2362, "name": "Eric Philips", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eric_philips_image_20250329173123.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eric_philips_image_thumbnail_20250329173123.jpeg", "credit": "SpaceX", "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": "P3DT14H32M38S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 63, "date_of_birth": "1962-04-30", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 34, "name": "Australia", "alpha_2_code": "AU", "alpha_3_code": "AUS", "nationality_name": "Australian", "nationality_name_composed": "Australo" } ], "bio": "Eric Philips is an Australian polar explorer, adventurer, polar guide and private astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Philips_(explorer)", "last_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 505, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/505/?format=api", "name": "Donald Pettit", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 865, "name": "[AUTO] Donald Pettit - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/donald2520pettit_image_20181203160928.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191002.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": "P590DT1H38M42S", "eva_time": "PT13H17M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1955-04-20", "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": "Donald Roy Pettit is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station, one space shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2018, at age 63, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pettit", "last_flight": "2024-09-11T16:23:12Z", "first_flight": "2002-11-24T00:49:47Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 173, "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/PettitDonald" } ], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 665, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/665/?format=api", "name": "Deng Qingming", "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": 383, "name": "[AUTO] Deng Qingming - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/deng_qingming_image_20221128080156.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185719.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": "P186DT7H24M43S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1966-03-16", "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": "Deng Qingming is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in the Jiangxi province of China. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Qingming", "last_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z", "first_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 639, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/639/?format=api", "name": "Mannequin Skywalker", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 918, "name": "[AUTO] Mannequin Skywalker - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mannequin2520skywalker_image_20190309094011.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191128.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": "PT31M25S", "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": "\"Mannequin Skywalker\" is a test dummy flown on Blue Origin New Shepard 3's initial flight test.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin_Mannequin_Skywalker", "last_flight": "2021-04-14T16:49:15Z", "first_flight": "2017-12-12T16:59:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 107, "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/TestDummyWalker" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 782, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/782/?format=api", "name": "Shengjie Tang", "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": 917, "name": "[AUTO] Shengjie Tang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shengjie_tang_image_20231025055827.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191127.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": "P187DT6H31M58S", "eva_time": "PT7H25M", "age": 35, "date_of_birth": "1989-12-01", "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": "Tang Shengjie is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "first_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 763, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/763/?format=api", "name": "Luke Mays", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1024, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "abbrev": "VG", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 774, "name": "[AUTO] Luke Mays - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/luke_mays_image_20230508161309.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190738.png", "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": "PT14M", "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": "Former NASA astronaut instructor, now astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-05-25T16:23:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-05-25T16:23:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 806, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/806/?format=api", "name": "Tibor Kapu", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1088, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1088/?format=api", "name": "Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade", "abbrev": "", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 2133, "name": "Tibor Kapu portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tibor_kapu_port_image_20240803065636.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tibor_kapu_port_image_thumbnail_20240803065640.jpeg", "credit": "MTI/KKM", "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": "P20DT2H58M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 33, "date_of_birth": "1991-11-05", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 31, "name": "Hungary", "alpha_2_code": "HU", "alpha_3_code": "HUN", "nationality_name": "Hungarian", "nationality_name_composed": "Hungarian" } ], "bio": "Hungarian astronaut selected to participate in a private spaceflight to the ISS as part of the HUNOR program.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "first_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 218, "social_media": { "id": 4, "name": "LinkedIn", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/", "logo": { "id": 2321, "name": "LinkedIn logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/linkedin_logo_image_20250211191111.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/linkedin_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191112.png", "credit": "LinkedIn", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaptib91" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 837, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/837/?format=api", "name": "Rabea Rogge", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "abbrev": "SpX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": { "id": 2361, "name": "Rabea Rogge", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rabea_rogge_image_20250329173100.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rabea_rogge_image_thumbnail_20250329173100.jpeg", "credit": "SpaceX", "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": "P3DT14H32M38S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 30, "date_of_birth": "1995-01-01", "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": "Rabea Rogge is an electrical engineer, robotic researcher and polar scientist who is currently scheduled to be the first female German astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabea_Rogge", "last_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 537, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/537/?format=api", "name": "Sunita Williams", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 655, "name": "[AUTO] Sunita Williams - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sunita2520williams_image_20181203164912.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190426.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": "P608DT19M7S", "eva_time": "P2DT14H7M", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1965-09-19", "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": "Sunita Pandya Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent. She formerly held the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams", "last_flight": "2024-06-05T14:52:15Z", "first_flight": "2006-12-10T01:47:35Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 143, "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_Suni" }, { "id": 144, "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_williams/" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 9 } ] }
