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=630&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 813, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=640&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=620&ordering=-flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 772, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/772/?format=api", "name": "Timothy Nash", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1024, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "abbrev": "VG", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": null, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT14M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 10, "name": "United Kingdom", "alpha_2_code": "GB", "alpha_3_code": "GBR", "nationality_name": "British", "nationality_name_composed": "Brito" } ], "bio": "Passenger on Virgin Galactic 03 launch", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-08T15:22:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 222, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/222/?format=api", "name": "Phạm Tuân", "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": 801, "name": "[AUTO] Phạm Tuân - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ph25e125ba25a1m2520tu25c325a2n_image_20181201190603.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190819.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": "P7DT20H41M59S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 78, "date_of_birth": "1947-02-14", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 33, "name": "Vietnam", "alpha_2_code": "VN", "alpha_3_code": "VNM", "nationality_name": "Vietnamese", "nationality_name_composed": "Vietnamese" } ], "bio": "Phạm Tuân (born February 14, 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flew aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.\r\nTuân reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the VPAF before eventually training to be a research cosmonaut in the joint USSR-Vietnamese Space program. On April 1, 1979, he was selected as a member of the sixth international crew for the Intercosmos program. His backup was Bùi Thanh Liêm. Tuân, along with Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 23, 1980, on board the Soyuz 37 mission to the Salyut 6 space station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%E1%BA%A1m_Tu%C3%A2n", "last_flight": "1980-07-23T18:33:03Z", "first_flight": "1980-07-23T18:33:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 783, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/783/?format=api", "name": "Xinlin Jiang", "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": 316, "name": "[AUTO] Xinlin Jiang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/xinlin_jiang_image_20231025055835.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185525.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": "P187DT6H31M58S", "eva_time": "PT8H2M", "age": 37, "date_of_birth": "1988-02-01", "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": "Jiang Xinlin is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 2010.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "first_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 297, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/297/?format=api", "name": "Zhang Xiaoguang", "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": 807, "name": "[AUTO] Zhang Xiaoguang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang2520xiaoguang_image_20181201232412.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190829.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": "P14DT14H28M58S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1966-05-01", "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": "Zhang Xiaoguang is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.\r\n\r\nHe was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaoguang", "last_flight": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "first_flight": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 61, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/61/?format=api", "name": "Anatoly Artsebarsky", "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": 808, "name": "[AUTO] Anatoly Artsebarsky - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anatoly2520artsebarsky_image_20181128215348.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190830.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": "P144DT15H21M32S", "eva_time": "P1DT8H17M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-09-09", "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": "Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky (Ukrainian: Анатолій Павлович Арцебарський) (Russian: Анатолий Павлович Арцебарский; born 9 September 1956) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nHe became a cosmonaut in 1985. Artsebarsky has spent almost 5 months in space on a single spaceflight. In 1991, he flew aboard Soyuz TM-12 and docked with the Mir Space Station. Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev stayed aboard Mir while the rest of the crew flew back to Earth after eight days. Artsebarsky took six spacewalks during the Mir EO-9 mission. He spent over 33 hours walking in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Artsebarsky", "last_flight": "1991-05-18T12:50:28Z", "first_flight": "1991-05-18T12:50:28Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 766, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/766/?format=api", "name": "Alper Gezeravci", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1053, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1053/?format=api", "name": "Turkish Air Force", "abbrev": "TAF", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 809, "name": "[AUTO] Alper Gezeravci - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/alper_gezeravci_image_20231230181038.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190832.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": "P21DT15H40M49S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 45, "date_of_birth": "1979-12-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 18, "name": "Turkey", "alpha_2_code": "TR", "alpha_3_code": "TUR", "nationality_name": "Turkish", "nationality_name_composed": "Turco" } ], "bio": "Fighter pilot trained on F16, first Turkish astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alper_Gezeravc%C4%B1", "last_flight": "2024-01-18T21:49:11Z", "first_flight": "2024-01-18T21:49:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 788, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/788/?format=api", "name": "Franz Haider", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1024, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "abbrev": "VG", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 810, "name": "[AUTO] Franz Haider - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/franz_haider_image_20240226161214.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190833.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT13M55S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "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" }, { "id": 11, "name": "Austria", "alpha_2_code": "AT", "alpha_3_code": "AUT", "nationality_name": "Austrian", "nationality_name_composed": "Austro" } ], "bio": "For Austrian entrepreneur and world traveler Franz Haider, the dream of becoming an astronaut started at the tender age of 7, when he saw the Apollo 11 Moon landing. His mother cautioned him, however, that his home country had no space program. But his desire only grew stronger and, at the age of 27 while on a trip to New Zealand, he had an epiphany: “We had reached the farthest point from our homeland, and I was thinking with a friend about how to top that. There was only one thing we could think of: A trip to space or to the Moon.” After waiting 16 years for his spaceflight, Franz says traveling on ‘Galactic 06’ was his grandest adventure yet. “I have always been fascinated by all that our beautiful planet has to offer, and seeing it from space has been profoundly life changing.” His spacesuit displays the Austria and USA flags. On his flight, Franz carried a photo of his 3-year-old son.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2024-01-26T17:42:05Z", "first_flight": "2024-01-26T17:42:05Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 617, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/617/?format=api", "name": "Gregory Olsen", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": null, "image": { "id": 314, "name": "[AUTO] Gregory Olsen - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gregory_olsen_image_20201231130715.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185521.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": "P9DT21H14M7S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1945-04-20", "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": "Gregory Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Olsen", "last_flight": "2005-10-01T03:54:53Z", "first_flight": "2005-10-01T03:54:53Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 833, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/833/?format=api", "name": "Lauren Sánchez", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 141, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "abbrev": "BO", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": null, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT10M21S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1969-09-19", "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": "Lauren Wendy Sánchez is an American journalist, author and philanthropist who gained fame as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. She is a licensed pilot and founder of Black Ops Aviation. In 2023, she became engaged to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_S%C3%A1nchez", "last_flight": "2025-04-14T13:30:00Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-14T13:30:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 273, "social_media": { "id": 2, "name": "Instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com", "logo": { "id": 2322, "name": "Instagram logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_20250211191139.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191139.png", "credit": "Instagram", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://www.instagram.com/laurenwsanchez/" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 315, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/315/?format=api", "name": "Stuart Roosa", "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": 816, "name": "[AUTO] Stuart Roosa - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stuart2520roosa_image_20181202092059.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190843.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": "P9DT1M58S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1933-08-16", "date_of_death": "1994-12-12", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Stuart Allen \"Stu\" Roosa was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971 and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of 24 people to travel to the Moon.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Roosa", "last_flight": "1971-01-31T21:03:02Z", "first_flight": "1971-01-31T21:03:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
