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=780&ordering=-status
{ "count": 824, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=790&ordering=-status", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=770&ordering=-status", "results": [ { "id": 536, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/536/?format=api", "name": "Douglas H. Wheelock", "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": 337, "name": "[AUTO] Douglas H. Wheelock - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/douglas_h._whee_image_20220911033623.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185606.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": "P178DT9H33M22S", "eva_time": "P1DT19H30M", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1960-05-05", "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": "Douglas Harry \"Wheels\" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Russian Soyuz. On July 12, 2011, Wheelock announced that he would be returning to active duty with the United States Army in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Wheelock", "last_flight": "2010-06-15T21:35:19Z", "first_flight": "2007-10-23T15:38:19Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 279, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/279/?format=api", "name": "Roberto Vittori", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" } }, "image": { "id": 336, "name": "[AUTO] Roberto Vittori - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/roberto2520vittori_image_20181201224249.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185604.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": "P35DT12H25M25S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1964-10-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 3, "name": "Italy", "alpha_2_code": "IT", "alpha_3_code": "ITA", "nationality_name": "Italian", "nationality_name_composed": "Italo" } ], "bio": "Roberto Vittori (born 15 October 1964 in Viterbo) is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the United States.\r\n\r\nIn 1998, Vittori was selected by the ESA to join the European Astronaut Corps. Since then, he has participated in three spaceflights: the Soyuz TM-34/33 and Soyuz TMA-6/5 taxi flights to the ISS, as well as STS-134, the penultimate mission of the American Space Shuttle Program. He was the last non-American to fly aboard the shuttle.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Vittori", "last_flight": "2011-05-16T12:56:28Z", "first_flight": "2002-04-25T06:26:35Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 564, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/564/?format=api", "name": "Kjell N. Lindgren", "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": 246, "name": "[AUTO] Kjell N. Lindgren - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kjell_n._lindgr_image_20220911034152.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185328.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": "P312DT5H11M24S", "eva_time": "PT15H4M", "age": 52, "date_of_birth": "1973-01-23", "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": "Kjell Norwood Lindgren is a current NASA astronaut. Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 44/45 on 22 July 2015.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_N._Lindgren", "last_flight": "2022-04-27T07:52:55Z", "first_flight": "2015-07-22T21:02:44Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 149, "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/astro_kjell" }, { "id": 150, "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://www.instagram.com/astro_kjell/" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 841, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/841/?format=api", "name": "Jie Wang", "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": null, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P135DT16H38M52S", "eva_time": "PT6H30M", "age": 36, "date_of_birth": "1989-09-01", "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": "Wang Jie is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2009 and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 2021. Prior to being chosen into the astronaut corps, he worked as a engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-04-24T09:17:31Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-24T09:17:31Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 647, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/647/?format=api", "name": "Sergey Kud-Sverchkov", "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": 937, "name": "[AUTO] Sergey Kud-Sverchkov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sergey_kud-sver_image_20200603145217.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191157.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": "P184DT23H9M56S", "eva_time": "PT6H47M", "age": 42, "date_of_birth": "1983-08-23", "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": "Sergey Vladimirvich Kud-Sverchkov Is a Kazakh-Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected in 2010.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Kud-Sverchkov", "last_flight": "2020-10-14T05:45:04Z", "first_flight": "2020-10-14T05:45:04Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 91, "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/KudSverchkov" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 185, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/185/?format=api", "name": "Liu Yang", "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": 880, "name": "[AUTO] Liu Yang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/liu_yang_image_20220604084749.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191027.png", "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": "P195DT49M42S", "eva_time": "PT6H7M", "age": 46, "date_of_birth": "1978-10-06", "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": "Liu Yang (born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission Shenzhou 9. On June 16, 2012, Liu became the first Chinese woman in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yang_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z", "first_flight": "2012-06-16T10:37:24Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 453, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/453/?format=api", "name": "Michael López-Alegría", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1022, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1022/?format=api", "name": "Axiom Space", "abbrev": "AXS", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 435, "name": "[AUTO] Michael López-Alegría - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_l25c3_image_20201201090124.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185839.jpeg", "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": "P296DT16H14M9S", "eva_time": "P2DT19H39M", "age": 67, "date_of_birth": "1958-05-30", "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": "Michael López-Alegría is a Spanish-American astronaut; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record and having the third longest spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days; this time was spent on board the ISS from September 18, 2006 to April 21, 2007.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L%C3%B3pez-Alegr%C3%ADa", "last_flight": "2024-01-18T21:49:11Z", "first_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 122, "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/commandermla" } ], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 10 }, { "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": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 558, "name": "[AUTO] Kelly Latimer - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kelly_latimer_image_20230718080208.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190153.jpeg", "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": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Pilot working for Virgin Galactic. First Spaceflight during the Galactic-02 Mission.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-08-10T15:17:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 110, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/110/?format=api", "name": "Satoshi Furukawa", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 938, "name": "[AUTO] Satoshi Furukawa - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/satoshi_furukaw_image_20230826072858.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191159.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": "P366DT8H32M48S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1964-04-04", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 28, "name": "Japan", "alpha_2_code": "JP", "alpha_3_code": "JPN", "nationality_name": "Japanese", "nationality_name_composed": "Nippo" } ], "bio": "Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡 Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28/29, lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 November 2011.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Furukawa", "last_flight": "2023-08-26T07:27:27Z", "first_flight": "2011-06-07T20:12:45Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 199, "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/Astro_Satoshi" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 584, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/584/?format=api", "name": "Sergey Prokopyev", "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": 805, "name": "[AUTO] Sergey Prokopyev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sergey2520prokopyev_image_20181207031221.jfif", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190826.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": "P567DT15H11M30S", "eva_time": "P2DT5H17M27S", "age": 50, "date_of_birth": "1975-02-19", "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": "Sergei Valeriyevich Prokopyev, born 19 February 1975 is a Russian cosmonaut. He is the commander of Soyuz MS-09, and flight engineer of Expedition 56/57 to the International space station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokopyev_(cosmonaut)", "last_flight": "2022-09-21T13:54:49Z", "first_flight": "2018-06-06T11:12:41Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 8 } ] }
