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=594&ordering=age
{ "count": 819, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=604&ordering=age", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=584&ordering=age", "results": [ { "id": 191, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/191/?format=api", "name": "Franco Malerba", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 36, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/36/?format=api", "name": "Italian Space Agency", "abbrev": "ASI", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 681, "name": "[AUTO] Franco Malerba - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/franco2520malerba_image_20181201174554.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190505.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": "P7DT23H14M12S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 78, "date_of_birth": "1946-10-10", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 3, "name": "Italy", "alpha_2_code": "IT", "alpha_3_code": "ITA", "nationality_name": "Italian", "nationality_name_composed": "Italo" } ], "bio": "Franco Egidio Malerba (born 10 October 1946 in Busalla, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy) is an astronaut. He was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space.\r\nAfter selection in 1989 as a Payload Specialist by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and NASA, he became a staff member of ASI and was assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, for training. In September 1991, he was designated Prime Payload Specialist for the TSS-1 Space Shuttle mission. Malerba flew as the first Italian citizen in space on STS-46 (31 July 1992 to 7 August 1992).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Malerba", "last_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z", "first_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 603, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/603/?format=api", "name": "F. Drew Gaffney", "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": 902, "name": "[AUTO] F. Drew Gaffney - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/f.2520drew2520gaffney_image_20190211162526.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191105.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": "P9DT2H14M9S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1946-06-09", "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": "Francis Andrew \"Drew\" Gaffney is an American doctor. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight. He is currently a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Drew_Gaffney", "last_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 375, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/375/?format=api", "name": "William Frederick Fisher", "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": 529, "name": "[AUTO] William Frederick Fisher - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/william2520frederick2520fisher_image_20181202120916.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190104.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": "P7DT2H16M59S", "eva_time": "PT11H46M", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1946-04-01", "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": "William Frederick Fisher is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. Fisher went into space in 1985 on board the Space Shuttle. He retired from NASA in 1992 and returned to the full-time practice of medicine. His time at NASA coincided with that of his former wife and fellow astronaut Anna Lee Fisher.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frederick_Fisher", "last_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z", "first_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/80/?format=api", "name": "Roberta Bondar", "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": 458, "name": "[AUTO] Roberta Bondar - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/roberta2520bondar_image_20181128223453.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185914.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": "P8DT1H14M27S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1945-12-04", "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": "Roberta Bondar (born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities.\r\n\r\nBondar has received many honours including the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, over 22 honorary degrees and induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Bondar", "last_flight": "1992-01-22T14:52:33Z", "first_flight": "1992-01-22T14:52:33Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 175, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/175/?format=api", "name": "Valeri Kubasov", "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": 678, "name": "[AUTO] Valeri Kubasov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/valeri2520kubasov_image_20181129234222.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190501.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": "P18DT17H58M31S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1935-01-07", "date_of_death": "2014-02-19", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Вале́рий Никола́евич Куба́сов; 7 January 1935 – 19 February 2014) was a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo–Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. On 21 July 1975, the Soyuz 7K-TM module used for ASTP landed in Kazakhstan at 5:51 p.m. and Kubasov was the first to exit the craft. Kubasov performed the first welding experiments in space, along with Georgy Shonin.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Kubasov", "last_flight": "1980-05-26T18:20:39Z", "first_flight": "1969-10-11T11:10:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 226, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/226/?format=api", "name": "Leonid Popov", "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": 787, "name": "[AUTO] Leonid Popov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/leonid2520popov_image_20181201212542.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190757.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": "P200DT14H45M51S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1945-08-31", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 12, "name": "Ukraine", "alpha_2_code": "UA", "alpha_3_code": "UKR", "nationality_name": "Ukrainian", "nationality_name_composed": "Ukro" } ], "bio": "Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35, Soyuz 40 and Soyuz T-7, logging 200 days, 14 hours, and 45 minutes in space before his retirement on June 13, 1987.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Popov", "last_flight": "1982-08-19T17:11:52Z", "first_flight": "1980-04-09T13:38:22Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 354, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/354/?format=api", "name": "Mike Mullane", "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": 211, "name": "[AUTO] Mike Mullane - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mike_mullane_image_20220911034105.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185228.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": "P14DT20H18M14S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1945-09-10", "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": "Richard Michael \"Mike\" Mullane is an engineer and aircraft pilot, a retired USAF officer. and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mullane", "last_flight": "1990-02-28T07:50:22Z", "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "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-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520c.2520adamson_image_20181202133720.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.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": 79, "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": 334, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/334/?format=api", "name": "Michael Coats", "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": 544, "name": "[AUTO] Michael Coats - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael2520coats_image_20181202102404.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190130.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": "P19DT7H54M56S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 79, "date_of_birth": "1946-01-16", "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": "Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coats", "last_flight": "1991-04-28T11:33:14Z", "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "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, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
