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=568&ordering=landings_count
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Lane is best known for having helped start and build two of the most important cybersecurity companies in the public markets today, Zscaler (NASDQ) and Palo Alto Networks (NYSE). She also serves as a Trustee at Carnegie Mellon University and, along with his family, supports philanthropic interests across health and social issues.\r\n\r\nDate of birth is unknown", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-02-25T15:49:11Z", "first_flight": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 384, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/384/?format=api", "name": "Sidney M. Gutierrez", "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": 766, "name": "[AUTO] Sidney M. Gutierrez - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sidney2520m.2520gutierrez_image_20181202133521.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190726.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": "P20DT8H4M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 74, "date_of_birth": "1951-06-27", "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": "Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_M._Gutierrez", "last_flight": "1994-04-09T11:05:01Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 220, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/220/?format=api", "name": "Julie Payette", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": 772, "name": "[AUTO] Julie Payette - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/julie_payette_image_20220122091651.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190735.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": "P25DT11H57M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 62, "date_of_birth": "1963-10-20", "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": "Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD (born October 20, 1963) is the current Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation. Before assuming office, she was a businesswoman, former member of the Canadian Astronaut Corps, and engineer. Payette has completed two spaceflights, STS-96 and STS-127, logging more than 25 days in space. She served as chief astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and has served as capsule communicator at NASA Mission Control Center in Houston.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Payette", "last_flight": "2009-07-15T22:03:10Z", "first_flight": "1999-05-27T10:49:42Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 171, "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_Payette" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "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": 77, "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": 194, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/194/?format=api", "name": "Gennadi Manakov", "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": 780, "name": "[AUTO] Gennadi Manakov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gennadi2520manakov_image_20181201175029.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190746.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": "P309DT21H18M34S", "eva_time": "PT12H43M", "age": 69, "date_of_birth": "1950-06-01", "date_of_death": "2019-09-26", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov is a former cosmonaut who commanded two Soyuz flights.\r\nHe was selected on 2 September 1985 and flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-10 and Soyuz TM-16, retiring on 20 December 1996.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Manakov", "last_flight": "1993-01-24T05:58:05Z", "first_flight": "1990-08-01T09:32:21Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 387, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/387/?format=api", "name": "James C. Adamson", "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": 781, "name": "[AUTO] James C. Adamson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520c.2520adamson_image_20181202133720.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190748.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": "P13DT22H21M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1946-03-03", "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": "James Craig Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by Allied Signal (later merged with Honeywell) where he retired in 2001. Adamson has logged over 3,000 hours in over 30 different types of helicopters and airplanes.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Adamson", "last_flight": "1991-08-02T15:02:00Z", "first_flight": "1989-08-08T12:37:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 193, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/193/?format=api", "name": "Yury Malyshev", "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": 784, "name": "[AUTO] Yury Malyshev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yury2520malyshev_image_20181201174924.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190753.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": "P11DT19H59M36S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 58, "date_of_birth": "1941-08-27", "date_of_death": "1999-11-08", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев) was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR, on 27 August 1941. \r\nHe was Commander of Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Malyshev_(cosmonaut)", "last_flight": "1984-04-03T13:08:42Z", "first_flight": "1980-06-05T14:19:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 567, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/567/?format=api", "name": "Mark T. Vande Hei", "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": 789, "name": "[AUTO] Mark T. Vande Hei - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark2520t.2520vande2520hei_image_20181203172617.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190800.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": "P523DT8H59M17S", "eva_time": "P1DT2H42M", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1966-11-10", "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": "Mark Thomas Vande Hei is a NASA astronaut who served as a flight Engineer for Expedition 53 and 54 on the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_T._Vande_Hei", "last_flight": "2021-04-09T07:42:41Z", "first_flight": "2017-09-12T21:17:02Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 157, "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_Sabot" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 24, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/24/?format=api", "name": "Gordon Cooper", "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": 792, "name": "[AUTO] Gordon Cooper - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gordon2520cooper_image_20190426143645.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190805.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": "P9DT9H15M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1927-03-06", "date_of_death": "2004-10-04", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Leroy Gordon \"Gordo\" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned space program of the United States.\r\n\r\nCooper piloted the longest and final Mercury spaceflight in 1963. He was the first American to sleep in space during that 34-hour mission and was the last American to be launched alone to conduct an entirely solo orbital mission. In 1965, Cooper flew as Command Pilot of Gemini 5.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper", "last_flight": "1965-08-21T14:00:00Z", "first_flight": "1963-05-15T13:04:13Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 319, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/319/?format=api", "name": "Joseph P. Allen", "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": 793, "name": "[AUTO] Joseph P. Allen - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/joseph2520p.2520allen_image_20181202092556.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190807.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": "P13DT1H58M", "eva_time": "PT11H42M", "age": 88, "date_of_birth": "1937-06-27", "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": "Joseph Percival \"Joe\" Allen IV, Ph.D. is a former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.\r\n\r\nAllen is married to the former Bonnie Jo Darling of Elkhart, Indiana. Their children are David Christopher, born September 1968 and Elizabeth Darling, born May 1972.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Allen", "last_flight": "1984-11-08T12:15:00Z", "first_flight": "1982-11-11T12:19:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 } ] }
