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=590&ordering=landings_count
{ "count": 846, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=600&ordering=landings_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=580&ordering=landings_count", "results": [ { "id": 585, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/585/?format=api", "name": "Sergey Ryzhikov", "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": 375, "name": "[AUTO] Sergey Ryzhikov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sergey_ryzhikov_image_20200603213525.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185707.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": true, "time_in_space": "P600DT22H46M6S", "eva_time": "PT19H50M", "age": 51, "date_of_birth": "1974-08-19", "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": "Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhiko born on August 19, 1974, lieutenant colonel of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. Ryzhikov launched on his first spaceflight onboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft. He spent approximately six months onboard the International Space Station taking part in Expedition 49/50, returning to Earth on April 10, 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Ryzhikov_(cosmonaut)", "last_flight": "2025-04-08T05:47:15Z", "first_flight": "2016-10-19T08:05:14Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 587, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/587/?format=api", "name": "Byron K. Lichtenberg", "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": 943, "name": "[AUTO] Byron K. Lichtenberg - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/byron2520k.2520lichtenberg_image_20181207220035.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191207.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": "P19DT4H56M21S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1948-02-19", "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": "Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. (born February 19, 1948) is an American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a Payload Specialist. In 1983, he and Ulf Merbold became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the shuttle.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_K._Lichtenberg", "last_flight": "1992-03-24T13:13:39Z", "first_flight": "1983-11-28T16:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 258, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/258/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Solovyov", "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": 625, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimir Solovyov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520solovyov_image_20181201221452.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190337.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": "P361DT22H50M30S", "eva_time": "P1DT7H40M", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1946-11-11", "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": "Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Соловьёв; born 11 November 1946) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nHe was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978 and flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, spending a total of 361 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes in space. His first flight, Soyuz T-10, took off on 8 February 1984, to join Salyut 7. The crew spent ten months (nearly 237 days) performing numerous medical and space manufacturing experiments. They came down aboard Soyuz T-11 on 2 October 1984. Solovyov's second flight was aboard Soyuz T-15, taking off on 13 March 1986 and coming back aboard the same craft on 16 July 1986, 125 days later. During the T-15 mission, the crew transferred equipment from Salyut-7 to the new Mir space station; they were the last aboard the former and the first aboard the latter.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Solovyov_(cosmonaut)", "last_flight": "1986-03-13T12:33:09Z", "first_flight": "1984-02-08T12:07:26Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 8 }, { "id": 419, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/419/?format=api", "name": "Bruce E. Melnick", "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": 378, "name": "[AUTO] Bruce E. Melnick - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/bruce2520e.2520melnick_image_20181202141525.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185712.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": "P13DT1H26M45S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-12-05", "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": "Bruce Edward Melnick is a former American astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer. Following retirement from NASA and the Coast Guard, he entered the aerospace industry. He served as a Vice President with the Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems group, in charge of Boeing's Florida operations at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Melnick retired in 2008 and currently resides on Merritt Island, Florida.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_E._Melnick", "last_flight": "1992-05-07T23:40:00Z", "first_flight": "1990-10-06T11:47:15Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 250, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/250/?format=api", "name": "Salizhan Sharipov", "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": 668, "name": "[AUTO] Salizhan Sharipov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salizhan2520sharipov_image_20181201220513.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190445.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": "P201DT14H49M19S", "eva_time": "PT10H34M", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1964-08-24", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 38, "name": "Kyrgyzstan", "alpha_2_code": "KG", "alpha_3_code": "KGZ", "nationality_name": "Kyrgyz", "nationality_name_composed": "Kyrgyzstani" } ], "bio": "Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two spacewalks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salizhan_Sharipov", "last_flight": "2004-10-14T03:06:26Z", "first_flight": "1998-01-23T02:48:15Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 731, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/731/?format=api", "name": "Cai Xuzhe", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 848, "name": "[AUTO] Cai Xuzhe - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cai_xuzhe_image_20220604085007.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190933.png", "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": "P364DT18H6M29S", "eva_time": "P1DT10H9M", "age": 49, "date_of_birth": "1976-05-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Chinese astronaut from the CNSA Group-2 selection (2010).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Xuzhe", "last_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z", "first_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 29, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/29/?format=api", "name": "Frank Borman", "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": 689, "name": "[AUTO] Frank Borman - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/frank2520borman_image_20181128142554.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190518.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": "P19DT21H34M57S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 95, "date_of_birth": "1928-03-14", "date_of_death": "2023-11-07", "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 Frederick Borman II was a United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. Before flying on Apollo, he set a fourteen-day spaceflight endurance record on Gemini 7, and also served on the NASA review board which investigated the Apollo 1 fire. After leaving NASA, he was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. Borman is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Borman", "last_flight": "1968-12-21T12:51:00Z", "first_flight": "1965-12-04T19:30:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 166, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/166/?format=api", "name": "Yelena Kondakova", "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": 382, "name": "[AUTO] Yelena Kondakova - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yelena2520kondakova_image_20181129233204.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185717.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": "P178DT10H40M42S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-03-30", "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": "Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Кондакóва; born March 30, 1957) was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at the Mir space station. Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. She was the last Russian female in space until her successor cosmonaut Elena Serova flew to the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 September 2014.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Kondakova", "last_flight": "1997-05-15T08:07:48Z", "first_flight": "1994-10-03T22:42:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 30, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/30/?format=api", "name": "Neil Armstrong", "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": 753, "name": "[AUTO] Neil Armstrong - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/neil2520armstrong_image_20190426143653.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190707.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": "P5DT20H50M29S", "eva_time": "PT2H31M40S", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1930-08-05", "date_of_death": "2012-08-25", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong", "last_flight": "1969-07-21T17:54:00Z", "first_flight": "1966-03-16T16:41:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 188, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/188/?format=api", "name": "Steve MacLean", "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": 235, "name": "[AUTO] Steve MacLean - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/steve2520maclean_image_20181201174100.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185306.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": "P21DT16H1M25S", "eva_time": "PT7H11M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1954-12-14", "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": "Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut.\r\nMacLean served as a Mission Specialist on STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned on September 21, 2006. He became the first Canadian to operate the robotic arm Canadarm2. On September 13, he performed his first spacewalk, a 7-hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the P3/4 truss – the second Canadian to do so, after Chris Hadfield.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_MacLean_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2006-09-09T15:14:55Z", "first_flight": "1992-10-22T17:09:40Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 } ] }
