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=514&ordering=-time_in_space
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As backup Commander of the first manned Skylab mission in 1973, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office of Applications.\r\n\r\nSchweickart left NASA in 1977 to serve for two years as California Governor Jerry Brown's assistant for science and technology, then was appointed by Brown to California's Energy Commission for five and a half years, serving as chairman for three.\r\n\r\nIn 1984–85 he co-founded the Association of Space Explorers and later in 2002 co-founded the B612 Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to defending Earth from asteroid impacts, along with fellow former astronaut Ed Lu and two planetary scientists. He served for a period as its chair before becoming its chair emeritus.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Schweickart", "last_flight": "1969-03-03T16:00:00Z", "first_flight": "1969-03-03T16:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 286, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/286/?format=api", "name": "Ulrich Walter", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 29, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/29/?format=api", "name": "German Aerospace Center", "abbrev": "DLR", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 733, "name": "[AUTO] Ulrich Walter - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ulrich2520walter_image_20181201225144.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190635.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": "P9DT23H40M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1954-02-09", "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": "Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hans Walter (born February 9, 1954) is a German physicist/engineer and a former DFVLR astronaut.\r\nIn 1993, he flew on board the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-55 (Spacelab D-2) as a Payload Specialist. He spent 9 days, 23 hours, and 40 minutes in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Walter", "last_flight": "1993-04-26T14:50:00Z", "first_flight": "1993-04-26T14:50:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 629, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/629/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Shatalov", "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": 864, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimir Shatalov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520shatalov_image_20190217072844.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191000.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": "P9DT21H57M30S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 93, "date_of_birth": "1927-12-08", "date_of_death": "2021-06-15", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.\r\n\r\nShatalov was born in Petropavlovsk. From 1971 to 1987, he was Commander of Cosmonaut Training, and Director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre from then until 1991.\r\n\r\nQuote: \"When we look into the sky it seems to us to be endless. We breathe without thinking about it, as is natural... and then you sit aboard a spacecraft, you tear away from Earth, and within ten minutes you have been carried straight through the layer of air, and beyond there is nothing! The 'boundless' blue sky, the ocean which gives us breath and protects us from endless black and death, is but an infinitesimally thin film. How dangerous it is to threaten even the smallest part of this gossamer covering, this conserver of life.\"", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shatalov", "last_flight": "1971-04-22T23:54:06Z", "first_flight": "1969-01-14T07:30:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 380, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/380/?format=api", "name": "Robert C. Springer", "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": 647, "name": "[AUTO] Robert C. Springer - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/robert2520c.2520springer_image_20181202121429.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190413.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": "P9DT21H31M45S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 83, "date_of_birth": "1942-05-21", "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": "Robert Clyde \"Bob\" Springer is a retired American astronaut and test pilot who flew as a Mission Specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1989 and 1990. A decorated aviator in the United States Marine Corps, Springer also flew more than 500 combat sorties during the Vietnam War. He has logged over 237 hours in space and 4,500 hours flying time, including 3,500 hours in jet aircraft.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Springer", "last_flight": "1990-11-15T23:48:15Z", "first_flight": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 249, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/249/?format=api", "name": "Yuri Shargin", "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": 722, "name": "[AUTO] Yuri Shargin - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuri2520shargin_image_20181201220241.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190618.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": "P9DT21H28M34S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1960-03-20", "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": "Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin (Russian: Юрий Георгиевич Шаргин) is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces.\r\nHe was selected as a cosmonaut on February 9, 1996.\r\n\r\nHe was selected in 2004, to be the flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-5 mission to the International Space Station. Shargin was the first Russian military cosmonaut on board and had a secret mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Shargin", "last_flight": "2004-10-14T03:06:26Z", "first_flight": "2004-10-14T03:06:26Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 622, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/622/?format=api", "name": "Mark Shuttleworth", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": null, "image": { "id": 562, "name": "[AUTO] Mark Shuttleworth - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark2520shuttleworth_image_20190211162314.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190200.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": "P9DT21H25M18S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 51, "date_of_birth": "1973-09-18", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 30, "name": "South Africa", "alpha_2_code": "ZA", "alpha_3_code": "ZAF", "nationality_name": "South African", "nationality_name_composed": "South African" } ], "bio": "Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur.\r\n\r\nHe launched aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-34 mission as a spaceflight participant, paying approximately US$27,000,000 for the voyage.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth", "last_flight": "2002-04-25T06:26:35Z", "first_flight": "2002-04-25T06:26:35Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 101, "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/sabdfl" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 225, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/225/?format=api", "name": "Marcos Pontes", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/12/?format=api", "name": "Brazilian Space Agency", "abbrev": "AEB", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 924, "name": "[AUTO] Marcos Pontes - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/marcos2520pontes_image_20181201212435.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191138.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": "P9DT21H17M40S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 62, "date_of_birth": "1963-03-11", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 24, "name": "Brazil", "alpha_2_code": "BR", "alpha_3_code": "BRA", "nationality_name": "Brazilian", "nationality_name_composed": "Brazilian" } ], "bio": "Marcos Cesar Pontes (born March 11, 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, AEB astronaut and author. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched into the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Pontes", "last_flight": "2006-03-30T02:30:20Z", "first_flight": "2006-03-30T02:30:20Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 617, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/617/?format=api", "name": "Gregory Olsen", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": null, "image": { "id": 314, "name": "[AUTO] Gregory Olsen - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory_olsen_image_20201231130715.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185521.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": "P9DT21H14M7S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1945-04-20", "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": "Gregory Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Olsen", "last_flight": "2005-10-01T03:54:53Z", "first_flight": "2005-10-01T03:54:53Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 631, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/631/?format=api", "name": "Nikolay Rukavishnikov", "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": 440, "name": "[AUTO] Nikolay Rukavishnikov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nikolay2520rukavishnikov_image_20190217072711.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185846.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": "P9DT21H10M35S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1932-09-18", "date_of_death": "2002-10-19", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Nikolay Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33 were intended to dock with Salyut space stations, but failed to do so.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Rukavishnikov", "last_flight": "1979-04-10T17:34:34Z", "first_flight": "1971-04-22T23:54:06Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 57, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/57/?format=api", "name": "Aidyn Aimbetov", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 182, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/182/?format=api", "name": "National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan", "abbrev": "KazCosmos", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 771, "name": "[AUTO] Aidyn Aimbetov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aidyn2520aimbetov_image_20181128214459.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190733.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": "P9DT20H13M17S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 52, "date_of_birth": "1972-07-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 44, "name": "Kazakhstan", "alpha_2_code": "KZ", "alpha_3_code": "KAZ", "nationality_name": "Kazakh", "nationality_name_composed": "Kazakhstani" } ], "bio": "Aimbetov was selected to the first Kazakh cosmonaut class in 2002, along with Mukhtar Aimakhanov, out of a pool of 2,000 candidates. From 2003 to 2009, he trained in Russia as a cosmonaut at Star City. He returned to Astana, in Kazakhstan, after failing to secure a spaceflight. He had been scheduled to fly in autumn 2009, but due to the world financial crisis, this fell through. Aimakhanov remained in Russia, becoming a Russian citizen, making Aimbetov the sole Kazakhstani cosmonaut. \r\n\r\nIn June 2015, he was selected to fly on the Soyuz TMA-18M mission in place of singer Sarah Brightman who had withdrawn in May 2015, and her backup, Satoshi Takamatsu, who had also withdrawn. The mission was projected to launch to the International Space Station on 1 September 2015.[4] Aimbetov becomes the third Kazakh-born cosmonaut to fly since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, and the first to fly under the Kazakh flag, and as part of KazCosmos.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidyn_Aimbetov", "last_flight": "2015-09-02T04:37:43Z", "first_flight": "2015-09-02T04:37:43Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
