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=660&ordering=landings_count
{ "count": 813, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=670&ordering=landings_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=650&ordering=landings_count", "results": [ { "id": 495, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/495/?format=api", "name": "Daniel C. Burbank", "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": 525, "name": "[AUTO] Daniel C. Burbank - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/daniel_c._burba_image_20220911034116.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190058.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": "P188DT21H47M15S", "eva_time": "PT7H11M", "age": 63, "date_of_birth": "1961-07-27", "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 Christopher Burbank is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard, is the second Coast Guard astronaut after Bruce Melnick.\r\n\r\nBurbank was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and raised in Tolland, Connecticut, where he graduated from Tolland High School. He attended Fairfield University his freshman year before transferring to the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he earned his commission in 1985. In 1987, he went through flight training and became an instructor pilot, serving at various Coast Guard stations at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, and Coast Guard Air Station Sitka.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_C._Burbank", "last_flight": "2011-11-14T04:14:03Z", "first_flight": "2000-09-08T12:45:47Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 29, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191027.jpeg", "credit": "X", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://twitter.com/AstroCoastie" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 282, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/282/?format=api", "name": "Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov", "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": 599, "name": "[AUTO] Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sergey2520volkov_image_20181201224637.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190256.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": "P547DT22H20M53S", "eva_time": "PT23H20M", "age": 52, "date_of_birth": "1973-04-01", "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 Aleksandrovich Volkov is a retired Russian cosmonaut and engineer. He was a member of three missions to the International Space Station, spending more than a year in total in space. During his missions he did four spacewalks lasting more than 23 hours in total. Volkov retired from the Cosmonaut group in February 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Volkov_(cosmonaut)", "last_flight": "2015-09-02T04:37:43Z", "first_flight": "2008-04-08T11:16:39Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 524, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/524/?format=api", "name": "Tracy Caldwell Dyson", "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" } }, "image": { "id": 596, "name": "[AUTO] Tracy Caldwell Dyson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tracy_caldwell__image_20220911033954.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190252.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": "P372DT18H37M35S", "eva_time": "PT23H20M", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1969-08-14", "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": "Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007. She was part of the Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station between April 4, 2010 and September 25, 2010. She has completed three spacewalks, logging more than 22 hrs of EVA including work to replace a malfunctioning coolant pump.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Caldwell_Dyson", "last_flight": "2024-03-23T12:36:10Z", "first_flight": "2007-08-08T22:36:42Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 629, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/629/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Shatalov", "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": 864, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimir Shatalov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520shatalov_image_20190217072844.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191000.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": "P9DT21H57M30S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 93, "date_of_birth": "1927-12-08", "date_of_death": "2021-06-15", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.\r\n\r\nShatalov was born in Petropavlovsk. From 1971 to 1987, he was Commander of Cosmonaut Training, and Director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre from then until 1991.\r\n\r\nQuote: \"When we look into the sky it seems to us to be endless. We breathe without thinking about it, as is natural... and then you sit aboard a spacecraft, you tear away from Earth, and within ten minutes you have been carried straight through the layer of air, and beyond there is nothing! The 'boundless' blue sky, the ocean which gives us breath and protects us from endless black and death, is but an infinitesimally thin film. How dangerous it is to threaten even the smallest part of this gossamer covering, this conserver of life.\"", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shatalov", "last_flight": "1971-04-22T23:54:06Z", "first_flight": "1969-01-14T07:30:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 420, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/420/?format=api", "name": "Mario Runco Jr.", "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": 631, "name": "[AUTO] Mario Runco Jr. - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mario2520runco2520jr._image_20181202141607.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190347.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": "P23DT23H6M30S", "eva_time": "PT4H28M", "age": 73, "date_of_birth": "1952-01-26", "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": "Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut. He is an Earth and planetary physicist.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Runco_Jr.", "last_flight": "1996-05-19T10:30:00Z", "first_flight": "1991-11-24T23:44:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 172, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/172/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Kovalyonok", "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": 519, "name": "[AUTO] Vladimir Kovalyonok - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520kovalyonok_image_20181129233907.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190049.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": "P216DT9H9M40S", "eva_time": "PT2H20M", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1943-03-03", "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 Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born March 3, 1942 in Beloye, Minsk Oblast, Belorussian SSR, is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nHe entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967 and was commander of three missions. He retired from the cosmonaut team on June 23, 1984.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kovalyonok", "last_flight": "1981-03-12T19:00:11Z", "first_flight": "1977-10-09T02:40:35Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 416, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/416/?format=api", "name": "Jan Davis", "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": 514, "name": "[AUTO] Jan Davis - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jan_davis_image_20220911033904.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190042.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": "P28DT2H6M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1953-11-01", "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": "Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Davis", "last_flight": "1997-08-07T14:41:00Z", "first_flight": "1992-09-12T14:23:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 281, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/281/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov", "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": 512, "name": "[AUTO] Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520aleksandrovich2520volkov_image_20181201224523.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190039.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": "P391DT11H51M54S", "eva_time": "PT10H12M", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1948-05-27", "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": "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Во́лков, born 27 May 1948) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of 3 space flights, including twice to the Mir Soviet space station, and is the father of cosmonaut Sergey Volkov.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Aleksandrovich_Volkov", "last_flight": "1991-10-02T05:59:38Z", "first_flight": "1985-09-17T12:38:52Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 139, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/139/?format=api", "name": "Richard Hieb", "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": 511, "name": "[AUTO] Richard Hieb - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/richard2520hieb_image_20181129205559.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190037.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": "P32DT33M45S", "eva_time": "PT15H55M", "age": 69, "date_of_birth": "1955-09-21", "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 James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hieb", "last_flight": "1994-07-08T16:43:01Z", "first_flight": "1991-04-28T11:33:14Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 393, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/393/?format=api", "name": "G. David Low", "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": 633, "name": "[AUTO] G. David Low - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/g.2520david2520low_image_20181202134532.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190350.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": "P29DT18H20M38S", "eva_time": "PT5H50M", "age": 52, "date_of_birth": "1956-02-19", "date_of_death": "2008-03-15", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "George David Low was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut. He was born in 1956 to Dr. George Low, the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office. With undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics, he worked in the JPL at the California Institute of Technology in the early 80's, before being picked as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1984. In addition to holding some technical assignments, he logged more than 700 hours in space (including stints on the Columbia, the Atlantis and the Endeavour), before he left NASA in 1996 to pursue a career in the private sector.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._David_Low", "last_flight": "1993-06-21T13:07:22Z", "first_flight": "1990-01-09T12:35:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 } ] }
