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=650&ordering=landings_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=660&ordering=landings_count",
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=640&ordering=landings_count",
    "results": [
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            "id": 175,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/175/?format=api",
            "name": "Valeri Kubasov",
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                "id": 11,
                "name": "Deceased"
            },
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                "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",
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                "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.",
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            "last_flight": "1980-05-26T18:20:39Z",
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            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 3,
            "landings_count": 3,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 115,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/115/?format=api",
            "name": "Viktor Gorbatko",
            "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": 654,
                "name": "[AUTO] Viktor Gorbatko - image",
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                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190424.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": "P30DT12H48M32S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 82,
            "date_of_birth": "1934-12-03",
            "date_of_death": "2017-05-17",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Russia",
                    "alpha_2_code": "RU",
                    "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
                    "nationality_name": "Russian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горба́тко; December 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Gorbatko",
            "last_flight": "1980-07-23T18:33:03Z",
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            "id": 359,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/359/?format=api",
            "name": "Margaret Rhea Seddon",
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                "id": 2,
                "name": "Retired"
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                "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",
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                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Government"
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            "image": {
                "id": 777,
                "name": "[AUTO] Margaret Rhea Seddon - image",
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                "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": "P30DT2H21M22S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 77,
            "date_of_birth": "1947-11-08",
            "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": "Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Rhea_Seddon",
            "last_flight": "1993-10-18T14:53:10Z",
            "first_flight": "1985-04-12T13:59:05Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 3,
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 361,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/361/?format=api",
            "name": "Kathryn D. Sullivan",
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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"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 602,
                "name": "[AUTO] Kathryn D. Sullivan - image",
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                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190301.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": "P22DT4H47M30S",
            "eva_time": "PT3H27M",
            "age": 73,
            "date_of_birth": "1951-10-03",
            "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": "Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she was the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. She was Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2014. Sullivan's tenure ended on January 20, 2017 with the swearing in of President Donald Trump. Following completion of her service at NOAA, she was designated as the 2017 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, and has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_D._Sullivan",
            "last_flight": "1992-03-24T13:13:39Z",
            "first_flight": "1984-10-05T11:03:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 3,
            "landings_count": 3,
            "spacewalks_count": 1
        },
        {
            "id": 445,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/445/?format=api",
            "name": "Daniel T. Barry",
            "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"
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            },
            "image": {
                "id": 310,
                "name": "[AUTO] Daniel T. Barry - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/daniel2520t.2520barry_image_20181202144339.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": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P30DT14H25M45S",
            "eva_time": "P1DT1H49M",
            "age": 71,
            "date_of_birth": "1953-12-30",
            "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": "Daniel Thomas Barry is an American engineer, scientist, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a contestant on the CBS reality television program Survivor: Panama, as well as on BattleBots on ABC. He was at Singularity University from 2009–2012, where he was co-chair of the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and the chair of the graduate summer program. He is also a co-founder of Fellow Robots, a telepresence robotics company and the founder and president of Denbar Robotics.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_T._Barry",
            "last_flight": "2001-08-10T21:10:14Z",
            "first_flight": "1996-01-11T09:41:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 3,
            "landings_count": 3,
            "spacewalks_count": 4
        },
        {
            "id": 537,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/537/?format=api",
            "name": "Sunita Williams",
            "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"
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            },
            "image": {
                "id": 655,
                "name": "[AUTO] Sunita Williams - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sunita2520williams_image_20181203164912.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190426.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
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                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
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                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
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            "time_in_space": "P608DT19M7S",
            "eva_time": "P2DT14H7M",
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            "date_of_birth": "1965-09-19",
            "date_of_death": null,
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                    "name": "United States of America",
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                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
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            ],
            "bio": "Sunita Pandya Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent. She formerly held the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33.",
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            "first_flight": "2006-12-10T01:47:35Z",
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                            "credit": "Instagram",
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                            "variants": []
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        {
            "id": 408,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/408/?format=api",
            "name": "Andrew M. 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": {
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                    "name": "Government"
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            },
            "image": {
                "id": 263,
                "name": "[AUTO] Andrew M. Allen - image",
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                "license": {
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                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
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            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P37DT16H11M11S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 69,
            "date_of_birth": "1955-08-04",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
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                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
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            ],
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            "last_flight": "1996-02-22T20:18:00Z",
            "first_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z",
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            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/162/?format=api",
            "name": "Leonid Kizim",
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                "id": 11,
                "name": "Deceased"
            },
            "agency": {
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                "id": 63,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api",
                "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)",
                "abbrev": "RFSA",
                "type": {
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                    "name": "Government"
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            },
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                "variants": []
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            "date_of_birth": "1941-08-05",
            "date_of_death": "2010-06-14",
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