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

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=600&ordering=flights_count
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "count": 813,
    "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=610&ordering=flights_count",
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=590&ordering=flights_count",
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 88,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/88/?format=api",
            "name": "Jean-Loup Chrétien",
            "status": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Retired"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 46,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/46/?format=api",
                "name": "National Center of Space Research",
                "abbrev": "CNES",
                "type": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 283,
                "name": "[AUTO] Jean-Loup Chrétien - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jean-loup2520chr25c325a9tien_image_20181128224801.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185431.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": "P43DT11H18M59S",
            "eva_time": "PT6H",
            "age": 86,
            "date_of_birth": "1938-08-20",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "France",
                    "alpha_2_code": "FR",
                    "alpha_3_code": "FRA",
                    "nationality_name": "French",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Franco"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission. Chrétien was the first Frenchman and the first western European in space.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Loup_Chr%C3%A9tien",
            "last_flight": "1997-09-26T02:34:19Z",
            "first_flight": "1982-06-24T16:29:48Z",
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            "landings_count": 3,
            "spacewalks_count": 1
        },
        {
            "id": 377,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/377/?format=api",
            "name": "John M. Lounge",
            "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": 275,
                "name": "[AUTO] John M. Lounge - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520lounge_image_20181202121132.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185415.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": "P20DT2H21M59S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 64,
            "date_of_birth": "1946-06-28",
            "date_of_death": "2011-03-01",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "ohn Michael \"Mike\" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990).",
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
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        {
            "id": 355,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/355/?format=api",
            "name": "George Nelson",
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                "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"
                }
            },
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                "name": "[AUTO] George Nelson - image",
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                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
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            "eva_time": "PT9H22M",
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            "date_of_birth": "1950-07-13",
            "date_of_death": null,
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                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "George Driver \"Pinky\" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and a former NASA astronaut.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nelson_(astronaut)",
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            "first_flight": "1984-04-06T13:58:00Z",
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            "landings_count": 3,
            "spacewalks_count": 2
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        {
            "id": 588,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/588/?format=api",
            "name": "Charles D. 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": 565,
                "name": "[AUTO] Charles D. Walker - image",
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                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190204.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": "P19DT21H54M33S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 76,
            "date_of_birth": "1948-08-29",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
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                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Charles David \"Charlie\" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He is the first non-government individual to fly in space.",
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            "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z",
            "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z",
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            "landings_count": 3,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 770,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/770/?format=api",
            "name": "Kelly Latimer",
            "status": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 1024,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api",
                "name": "Virgin Galactic",
                "abbrev": "VG",
                "type": {
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                    "name": "Private"
                }
            },
            "image": {
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                "name": "[AUTO] Kelly Latimer - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kelly_latimer_image_20230718080208.jpg",
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                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "Private"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "PT46M25S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
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                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
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            ],
            "bio": "Pilot working for Virgin Galactic. First Spaceflight during the Galactic-02 Mission.",
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            "first_flight": "2023-08-10T15:17:00Z",
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 26,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/26/?format=api",
            "name": "Gus Grissom",
            "status": {
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Lost In Training"
            },
            "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": {
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                "credit": null,
                "license": {
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                    "name": "Unknown",
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                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
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                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
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            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 40,
            "date_of_birth": "1926-04-03",
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            "nationality": [
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                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
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                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
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            ],
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            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/256/?format=api",
            "name": "Aleksandr Skvortsov",
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                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
                "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
                "abbrev": "RFSA",
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            ],
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            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/113/?format=api",
            "name": "Yuri Gidzenko",
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                "name": "Retired"
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                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
                "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
                "abbrev": "RFSA",
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            },
            "image": {
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            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/273/?format=api",
            "name": "Mikhail Tyurin",
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                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
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