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=560&ordering=age
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image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/david2520leestma_image_20181202121039.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185617.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": "P22DT4H32M21S", "eva_time": "PT3H27M", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-05-06", "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": "David Cornell Leestma is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leestma", "last_flight": "1992-03-24T13:13:39Z", "first_flight": "1984-10-05T11:03:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 271, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/271/?format=api", "name": "Bjarni Tryggvason", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 773, "name": "[AUTO] Bjarni Tryggvason - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/bjarni2520tryggvason_image_20181201223221.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190736.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": "P11DT20H27M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1945-09-21", "date_of_death": "2022-04-06", "nationality": [ { "id": 26, "name": "Canada", "alpha_2_code": "CA", "alpha_3_code": "CAN", "nationality_name": "Canadian", "nationality_name_composed": "Canado" } ], "bio": "Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (born September 21, 1945) is an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Tryggvason", "last_flight": "1997-08-07T14:41:00Z", "first_flight": "1997-08-07T14:41:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 619, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/619/?format=api", "name": "Charles Simonyi", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": null, "image": { "id": 775, "name": "[AUTO] Charles Simonyi - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/charles2520simonyi_image_20190211162334.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190740.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": "P26DT14H26M33S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1948-09-10", "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": "Charles Simonyi (born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-born American computer businessman. In April 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. In March 2009, aboard Soyuz TMA-14, he made a second trip to the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Simonyi", "last_flight": "2009-03-26T11:49:18Z", "first_flight": "2007-04-07T17:31:09Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 398, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/398/?format=api", "name": "Robert D. Cabana", "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": 802, "name": "[AUTO] Robert D. Cabana - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/robert2520d.2520cabana_image_20181202135135.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190821.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": "P37DT22H41M10S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-01-23", "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 Donald Cabana is the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, a former NASA astronaut, and a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights. He is also a former naval flight officer and naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Cabana", "last_flight": "1998-12-04T08:35:34Z", "first_flight": "1990-10-06T11:47:15Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 187, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/187/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Lyakhov", "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": 306, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimir Lyakhov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520lyakhov_image_20181130000114.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185507.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": "P333DT7H47M46S", "eva_time": "PT7H7M", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1941-07-20", "date_of_death": "2018-04-19", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (Russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич Ля́хов; 20 July 1941 – 19 April 2018) was a Russian Soviet cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nHe was selected as cosmonaut on 5 May 1967, and retired on 7 September 1994. Lyakhov was the Commander on Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, and Soyuz TM-6, and spent 333 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lyakhov", "last_flight": "1988-08-29T04:23:11Z", "first_flight": "1979-02-25T11:53:49Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 383, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/383/?format=api", "name": "Frank L. Culbertson Jr.", "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": 296, "name": "[AUTO] Frank L. Culbertson Jr. - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/frank2520l.2520culbertson2520jr._image_20181202133429.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185451.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": "P143DT14H50M37S", "eva_time": "PT5H5M", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-05-15", "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": "Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He served as the Commander of the International Space Station for almost four months in 2001 and was the only American not on Earth when the September 11 attacks occurred. He is currently President of the Space Systems Group at Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. Mr. Culbertson is responsible for the execution, business development and financial performance of the company’s human spaceflight, science, commercial communications, and national security satellite activities, as well as technical services to various government customers. These include some of Northrop Grumman's largest and most important programs such as NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) initiatives to the International Space Station (ISS) as well as various national security-related programs.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_L._Culbertson_Jr.", "last_flight": "2001-08-10T21:10:14Z", "first_flight": "1990-11-15T23:48:15Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 329, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/329/?format=api", "name": "C. Gordon Fullerton", "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": 851, "name": "[AUTO] C. Gordon Fullerton - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/c.2520gordon2520fullerton_image_20181202093753.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190938.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": "P7DT22H45M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1936-10-11", "date_of_death": "2013-08-21", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Charles Gordon Fullerton was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California.[1] His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft. Fullerton, who logged more than 380 hours in space flight, was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the research pilot office at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. He continued in his position of NASA research pilot as a civilian. Fullerton and his wife and their two children lived in Lancaster, California.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Gordon_Fullerton", "last_flight": "1985-07-29T21:00:00Z", "first_flight": "1982-03-22T16:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 231, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/231/?format=api", "name": "Vladimír Remek", "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": 260, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimír Remek - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladim25c325adr2520remek_image_20181201213426.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185350.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": "P7DT22H15M50S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1948-09-26", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 46, "name": "Czechia", "alpha_2_code": "CZ", "alpha_3_code": "CZE", "nationality_name": "Czech", "nationality_name_composed": "Czech" } ], "bio": "Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is a Czech politician and diplomat as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first Czechoslovak in space and the only Czech in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Remek", "last_flight": "1978-03-02T15:28:10Z", "first_flight": "1978-03-02T15:28:10Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 602, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/602/?format=api", "name": "Jerome Apt", "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": 912, "name": "[AUTO] Jerome Apt - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerome2520apt_image_20181208003023.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191119.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": "P35DT7H10M25S", "eva_time": "PT10H13M", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-04-28", "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": "Jerome \"Jay\" Apt III, Ph.D. (born April 28, 1949 in Massachusetts) is an American astronaut and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Before he became an astronaut, Apt was a physicist who worked on the Pioneer Venus 1978 space probe project, and used visible light and infrared techniques to study the planets and moons of the solar system from ground-based observatories.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Apt", "last_flight": "1996-09-16T08:54:49Z", "first_flight": "1991-04-05T14:22:45Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 2 } ] }
