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=540&ordering=flights_count
{ "count": 824, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=550&ordering=flights_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=530&ordering=flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 478, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/478/?format=api", "name": "Kathryn P. Hire", "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": 513, "name": "[AUTO] Kathryn P. Hire - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kathryn2520p.2520hire_image_20181202152358.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190040.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": "P29DT15H57M52S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1959-08-26", "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": "Kathryn Patricia \"Kay\" Hire is a NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_P._Hire", "last_flight": "2010-02-08T09:14:08Z", "first_flight": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 203, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/203/?format=api", "name": "Chiaki Mukai", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 515, "name": "[AUTO] Chiaki Mukai - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/chiaki2520mukai_image_20181201180321.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190043.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": "P23DT15H39M25S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 73, "date_of_birth": "1952-05-06", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 28, "name": "Japan", "alpha_2_code": "JP", "alpha_3_code": "JPN", "nationality_name": "Japanese", "nationality_name_composed": "Nippo" } ], "bio": "Chiaki Mukai (向井 千秋 Mukai Chiaki, born May 6, 1952, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, and was the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights. Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1994, which was a Spacelab mission. Her second spaceflight was STS-95 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. In total she has spent 23 days in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaki_Mukai", "last_flight": "1998-10-29T19:19:34Z", "first_flight": "1994-07-08T16:43:01Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/25/?format=api", "name": "John Glenn", "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": 516, "name": "[AUTO] John Glenn - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520glenn_image_20181128141704.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190045.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": "P9DT2H39M47S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 95, "date_of_birth": "1921-07-18", "date_of_death": "2016-12-08", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn", "last_flight": "1998-10-29T19:19:34Z", "first_flight": "1962-02-20T14:47:39Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 317, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/317/?format=api", "name": "Paul J. Weitz", "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": 797, "name": "[AUTO] Paul J. Weitz - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/paul2520j.2520weitz_image_20190426143707.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190813.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": "P33DT1H12M48S", "eva_time": "PT2H16M", "age": 85, "date_of_birth": "1932-07-25", "date_of_death": "2017-10-22", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first manned Skylab mission. He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle Challenger flights.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._Weitz", "last_flight": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "first_flight": "1973-05-25T13:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 614, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/614/?format=api", "name": "Gregory T. Linteris", "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": 554, "name": "[AUTO] Gregory T. Linteris - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory2520t.2520linteris_image_20190211162441.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190146.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": "P19DT15H57M26S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 67, "date_of_birth": "1957-10-04", "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 Thomas Linteris, Ph.D. (born October 4, 1957 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_T._Linteris", "last_flight": "1997-07-01T18:02:02Z", "first_flight": "1997-04-04T19:20:32Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 349, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/349/?format=api", "name": "John M. Fabian", "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": 204, "name": "[AUTO] John M. Fabian - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520fabian_image_20181202103905.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185216.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": "P13DT4H1M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 86, "date_of_birth": "1939-01-28", "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": "John McCreary Fabian is a former NASA astronaut, Air Force officer, and director who flew two space shuttle missions and on the development of the shuttle's robotic arm. He later led the Air Force's space operations.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Fabian", "last_flight": "1985-06-17T11:33:00Z", "first_flight": "1983-06-18T11:33:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 243, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/243/?format=api", "name": "Svetlana Savitskaya", "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": 521, "name": "[AUTO] Svetlana Savitskaya - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/svetlana2520savitskaya_image_20181201215411.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190052.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": "P19DT17H7M", "eva_time": "PT3H34M", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1948-08-08", "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": "Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a retired Soviet aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk. She set several FAI world records as a pilot.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Savitskaya", "last_flight": "1984-07-17T17:40:54Z", "first_flight": "1982-08-19T17:11:52Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 153, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/153/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Ivanchenkov", "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": 522, "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Ivanchenkov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520ivanchenkov_image_20181129231158.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190053.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": "P147DT12H38M24S", "eva_time": "PT2H20M", "age": 84, "date_of_birth": "1940-09-28", "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": "Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Иванче́нков; born 28 September 1940 ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-6, he spent 147 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Ivanchenkov", "last_flight": "1982-06-24T16:29:48Z", "first_flight": "1978-06-15T20:16:45Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 559, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/559/?format=api", "name": "Shannon Walker", "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": 523, "name": "[AUTO] Shannon Walker - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shannon2520walker_image_20181203171551.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190055.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": "P330DT13H40M24S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-04", "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": "Walker served as a mission specialist during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station in 2020, the first crewed operational Dragon spacecraft flight. She also was the first woman to fly aboard a Dragon spacecraft. Once aboard the orbiting laboratory, Walker joined the Expedition 64/65 crew and briefly commanded Expedition 65, logging 167 days in space before returning to Earth in May 2021.\r\n\r\nShe spent 163 days in space during her first spaceflight in 2010 as a member of the space station’s Expedition 24/25 crew. She was the pilot of the Soyuz TMA-19, which became the first crew to dock with the station’s Rassvet module.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Walker", "last_flight": "2020-11-16T00:27:17Z", "first_flight": "2010-06-15T21:35:19Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 21, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/21/?format=api", "name": "Alan Shepard", "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": 526, "name": "[AUTO] Alan Shepard - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/alan2520shepard_image_20181128141007.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190059.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": "P6DT2H20S", "eva_time": "PT9H22M31S", "age": 74, "date_of_birth": "1923-11-18", "date_of_death": "1998-07-21", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard", "last_flight": "1971-02-06T18:48:42Z", "first_flight": "1961-05-05T14:34:13Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 } ] }
