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=530&ordering=-name
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "count": 805,
    "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=540&ordering=-name",
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=520&ordering=-name",
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 646,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/646/?format=api",
            "name": "Ivan Vagner",
            "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": 923,
                "name": "[AUTO] Ivan Vagner - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ivan_vagner_image_20200225164902.jpeg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191136.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": "P416DT3H46M17S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 39,
            "date_of_birth": "1985-07-10",
            "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": "Ivan Viktorovitch Vagner is a Russian Engineer and Cosmonaut who was selected in October 2010. He graduated from the Baltic State Technical University in 2008, before working as an engineer for RKK Energia.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Vagner",
            "last_flight": "2024-09-11T16:23:12Z",
            "first_flight": "2020-04-09T08:05:06Z",
            "social_media_links": [
                {
                    "id": 127,
                    "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/ivan_mks63"
                }
            ],
            "flights_count": 2,
            "landings_count": 2,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 76,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/76/?format=api",
            "name": "Ivan Bella",
            "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": 385,
                "name": "[AUTO] Ivan Bella - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ivan2520bella_image_20181128222821.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185721.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": "P7DT21H55M59S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 60,
            "date_of_birth": "1964-05-25",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 43,
                    "name": "Slovakia",
                    "alpha_2_code": "SK",
                    "alpha_3_code": "SVK",
                    "nationality_name": "Slovak",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Slovak"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Ivan Bella (born 25 May 1964 in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bella",
            "last_flight": "1999-02-20T04:18:01Z",
            "first_flight": "1999-02-20T04:18:01Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 801,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/801/?format=api",
            "name": "Irving Pergament",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "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": 2110,
                "name": "Irving Pergament Portrait",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/irving_pergamen_image_20240609071826.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/irving_pergamen_image_thumbnail_20240609071827.png",
                "credit": "Virgin Galactic",
                "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": "PT15M",
            "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": "Passenger on Virgin Galactic's seventh commercial spaceflight.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 229,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/229/?format=api",
            "name": "Ilan Ramon",
            "status": {
                "id": 4,
                "name": "Lost In Flight"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 35,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/35/?format=api",
                "name": "Israeli Space Agency",
                "abbrev": "ISA",
                "type": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 569,
                "name": "[AUTO] Ilan Ramon - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ilan2520ramon_image_20181201213102.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190210.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": "P15DT22H20M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 48,
            "date_of_birth": "1954-06-20",
            "date_of_death": "2003-02-01",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 29,
                    "name": "Israel",
                    "alpha_2_code": "IL",
                    "alpha_3_code": "ISR",
                    "nationality_name": "Israeli",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Israeli"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Ilan Ramon (born June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut for NASA.\r\n\r\nRamon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry accident. At 48, he was the oldest member of the crew. Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Ramon",
            "last_flight": "2003-01-16T15:39:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2003-01-16T15:39:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 280,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/280/?format=api",
            "name": "Igor Volk",
            "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": 796,
                "name": "[AUTO] Igor Volk - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/igor2520volk_image_20181201224413.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190811.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": "P11DT19H14M36S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 79,
            "date_of_birth": "1937-04-12",
            "date_of_death": "2017-01-03",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Russia",
                    "alpha_2_code": "RU",
                    "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
                    "nationality_name": "Russian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк; Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union.\r\nIgor Volk was selected as a cosmonaut on 12 July 1977 and flew as Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-12, the 7th expedition to Salyut 7. One goal of the mission was to test the effects of long-duration spaceflight on Volk's return flight piloting as a precursor to piloting the Space Shuttle Buran. He served as the head of cosmonaut training for the Buran program and after the project's cancellation, as a Flight Tests Deputy at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in 1995 before retiring in 1996. He previously served as President of the National Aero Club of Russia and Vice President of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. As recognition for his contributions as a test pilot and cosmonaut he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union on 29 July 1984.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Volk",
            "last_flight": "1984-07-17T17:40:54Z",
            "first_flight": "1984-07-17T17:40:54Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 822,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/822/?format=api",
            "name": "Henry Wolfond",
            "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": "PT10M14S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "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": "Henry (Hank) Wolfond is Chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital in Toronto, Canada. A lifelong aviator, Henry holds an Airline Transport Pilots license for fixed wing aircraft and a Commercial Pilots License for Helicopters. He moonlights as a professional pilot on charter, medevac, and organ retrieval flights. Henry is the Chair of the Confronting Antisemitism Committee of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and currently serves on the boards of the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC), the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation (UHN Foundation), and on the Board of Governors for Hillel Ontario. Henry is also a co-founder of the Autism Acceptance Project.",
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            "last_flight": "2024-11-22T15:30:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-11-22T15:30:00Z",
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
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        {
            "id": 129,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/129/?format=api",
            "name": "Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield",
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                "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",
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                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
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                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
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                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
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                "name": "Government"
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                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Henry Warren \"Hank\" Hartsfield Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and a USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. Hartsfield became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. Hartsfield was the pilot on STS-4, the fourth and final orbital test flight of the shuttle Columbia.",
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
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        {
            "id": 742,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/742/?format=api",
            "name": "Helga",
            "status": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Active"
            },
            "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"
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            "image": {
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                "single_use": false,
                "variants": []
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                    "id": 17,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "alpha_2_code": "??",
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                    "nationality_name_composed": "Earthling"
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            ],
            "bio": "Mannequin used as part of the DLR MARE radiations measurement experiment.",
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        {
            "id": 245,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/245/?format=api",
            "name": "Helen Sharman",
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                "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"
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                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/helen2520sharman_image_20181201215642.jpg",
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                "license": {
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                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
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                "variants": []
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            "response_mode": "normal",
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                "name": "Government"
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            "age": 61,
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