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=746&ordering=spacewalks_count
https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=756&ordering=spacewalks_count", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=736&ordering=spacewalks_count", "results": [ { "id": 392, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/392/?format=api", "name": "Mark C. Lee", "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": 208, "name": "[AUTO] Mark C. Lee - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark2520c.2520lee_image_20181202134443.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185223.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": "P32DT21H51M51S", "eva_time": "P1D", "age": 72, "date_of_birth": "1952-08-14", "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": "Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force and NASA on July 1, 2001.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_C._Lee", "last_flight": "1997-02-11T08:55:17Z", "first_flight": "1989-05-04T18:46:59Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 663, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/663/?format=api", "name": "Denis Matveev", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 650, "name": "[AUTO] Denis Matveev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/denis_matveev_image_20220316173450.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190418.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": "P194DT19H1M41S", "eva_time": "P1DT2H6M", "age": 42, "date_of_birth": "1983-04-23", "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": "Denis Vladimirovich Matveev is a Russian cosmonaut. He received his degree in computing and networks from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2006. After graduation, Matveev began working at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia as a junior research assistant. He was promoted to engineer in 2009. Matveev was selected as a cosmonaut in 2010. He was appointed to begin training on October 12, 2010 and was named a test cosmonaut on July 31, 2012.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Matveev", "last_flight": "2022-03-18T15:55:19Z", "first_flight": "2022-03-18T15:55:19Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 103, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/103/?format=api", "name": "Fei Junlong", "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": 757, "name": "[AUTO] Fei Junlong - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/fei_junlong_image_20221128080229.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190713.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": "P191DT2H57M40S", "eva_time": "P1DT1H6M", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1965-05-05", "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": "Major general Fei Junlong (simplified Chinese: 费俊龙; traditional Chinese: 費俊龍; pinyin: Fèi Jùnlóng; born 1965) is a Chinese military pilot and an astronaut. He flew on the second manned spaceflight of the Shenzhou program.\r\n\r\nFèi was selected for the CNSA astronaut program in 1998. He was in the final five selected for the Shenzhou 5 flight. He was the commander on the Shenzhou 6 flight that launched October 12, 2005, with Niè Hǎishèng serving as flight engineer). They landed on October 17, 2005.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fei_Junlong", "last_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z", "first_flight": "2005-10-12T01:00:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 417, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/417/?format=api", "name": "Michael Foale", "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": 704, "name": "[AUTO] Michael Foale - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael2520foale_image_20181202141301.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190542.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": "P373DT18H16M26S", "eva_time": "PT22H34M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-01-06", "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": "Colin Michael Foale CBE is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. He still holds the cumulative-time-in-space record for a UK citizen.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foale", "last_flight": "2003-10-18T05:38:03Z", "first_flight": "1992-03-24T13:13:39Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 501, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/501/?format=api", "name": "Patrick G. Forrester", "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": 334, "name": "[AUTO] Patrick G. Forrester - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/patrick_g._forr_image_20220911033927.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185602.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": "P39DT14H17M5S", "eva_time": "P1DT1H30M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-03-31", "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": "Patrick Graham Forrester is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel. He is married and has two children.\r\n\r\nForrester has flown on three Space Shuttle missions, STS-105, STS-117 and STS-128. He was Chief of the Astronaut Office, from June 2017 to July 2024.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_G._Forrester", "last_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "first_flight": "2001-08-10T21:10:14Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 557, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/557/?format=api", "name": "Thomas Marshburn", "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": 743, "name": "[AUTO] Thomas Marshburn - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/thomas_marshbur_image_20211001184611.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190651.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": "P337DT9H42M44S", "eva_time": "P1DT7H1M", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-08-29", "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": "Thomas Henry \"Tom\" Marshburn is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. He served as a Mission Specialist on STS-127. Marshburn was a member of the Soyuz TMA-07M crew which launched to ISS in December 2012 to join Expedition 34. Served as flight engineer for Expedition 34 and 35.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Marshburn", "last_flight": "2021-11-11T02:03:31Z", "first_flight": "2009-07-15T22:03:10Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 132, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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/AstroMarshburn" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 553, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/553/?format=api", "name": "Randolph Bresnik", "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": 276, "name": "[AUTO] Randolph Bresnik - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/randolph_bresni_image_20210210155627.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185418.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": "P149DT12H12M39S", "eva_time": "P1DT8H", "age": 57, "date_of_birth": "1967-09-11", "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": "Randolph James \"Komrade\" Bresnik is an officer in the United States Marine Corps and a NASA astronaut. A Marine Aviator by trade, Bresnik was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 19 in May 2004.[5] First launched to space on STS-129. Served as Flight Engineer for Expedition 52, and as ISS Commander for Expedition 53.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Bresnik", "last_flight": "2017-07-28T15:41:12Z", "first_flight": "2009-11-16T19:28:09Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 114, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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/astrokomrade" }, { "id": 115, "social_media": { "id": 2, "name": "Instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com", "logo": { "id": 2322, "name": "Instagram logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_20250211191139.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.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://instagram.com/AstroKomrade/" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 535, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/535/?format=api", "name": "Steven Swanson", "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": 233, "name": "[AUTO] Steven Swanson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/steven_swanson_image_20220911034405.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185303.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": "P195DT20H45M49S", "eva_time": "P1DT3H58M", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-12-03", "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": "Steven Ray Swanson is an American Engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He is married and has three children. He has received numerous awards and honors. These include the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the JSC Certificate of Accommodation and many others. Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut, Swanson worked for GTE in Phoenix, Arizona, as a software engineer. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119. He has logged over 4,700 hours in space and completed four spacewalks totaling 26 hours and 14 minutes. Swanson has also served in other roles at NASA, such as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Swanson", "last_flight": "2014-03-25T21:17:23Z", "first_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 527, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/527/?format=api", "name": "Michael Foreman", "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": 545, "name": "[AUTO] Michael Foreman - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_foreman_image_20220911034146.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190132.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": "P26DT13H27M37S", "eva_time": "P1DT8H19M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-03-29", "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 James Foreman is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foreman_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2009-11-16T19:28:09Z", "first_flight": "2008-03-11T06:28:14Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 273, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/273/?format=api", "name": "Mikhail Tyurin", "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": 551, "name": "[AUTO] Mikhail Tyurin - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mikhail2520tyurin_image_20181201223437.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190141.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": "P532DT2H51M49S", "eva_time": "P1DT1H30M", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1960-03-02", "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": "Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin (Russian: Михаил Владиславович Тюрин) (born March 2, 1960) is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to the International Space Station and completed four spacewalks during his career. He is called a hero of the Russian Federation for his work as a cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nIn 1994 he was selected to begin cosmonaut training, and in 1998 he started training as a flight engineer for the Expedition 3 crew. He also served as a backup crew member for the first ISS mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tyurin", "last_flight": "2013-11-07T04:14:15Z", "first_flight": "2001-08-10T21:10:14Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 5 } ] }{ "count": 824, "next": "