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=794&ordering=flights_count
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He is professor of physics and astronomy and director of engineering physics at the University of Kansas. \r\n\r\nFollowing an aborted attempt to launch STS-41-D where two main engines were stopped shortly after they started because the third failed to start, Hawley is reported to have broken the tense atmosphere in the shuttle cabin, saying, \"I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO!\"", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hawley", "last_flight": "1999-07-23T04:31:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-08-30T12:41:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 285, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/285/?format=api", "name": "Koichi Wakata", "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": 770, "name": "[AUTO] Koichi Wakata - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/koichi2520wakata_image_20181201225047.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190732.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": "P504DT18H31M45S", "eva_time": "PT14H2M", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1963-08-01", "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": "Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two-decade career in spaceflight, he has logged more than eleven months in space. During Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Wakata flew on the Soyuz TMA-11M/Expedition 38/Expedition 39 long duration spaceflight from 7 November 2013 to 13 May 2014. During this spaceflight he was accompanied by Kirobo, the first humanoid robot astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata", "last_flight": "2022-10-05T16:00:57Z", "first_flight": "1996-01-11T09:41:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 257, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/257/?format=api", "name": "Anatoly Solovyev", "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": 460, "name": "[AUTO] Anatoly Solovyev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anatoly2520solovyev_image_20181201221333.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185917.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": "P651DT1M21S", "eva_time": "P3DT6H48M", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1948-01-16", "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 Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; born January 16, 1948 – alternate spelling \"Solovyov\") is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Solovyev", "last_flight": "1997-08-05T15:35:54Z", "first_flight": "1988-06-07T14:03:13Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 16 }, { "id": 441, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/441/?format=api", "name": "Janice E. Voss", "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": 264, "name": "[AUTO] Janice E. Voss - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/janice2520e.2520voss_image_20190426143718.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185357.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": "P49DT4H4M20S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1956-10-08", "date_of_death": "2012-02-06", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Janice Elaine Voss was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died on February 6, 2012, from breast cancer.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_E._Voss", "last_flight": "2000-02-11T17:43:40Z", "first_flight": "1993-06-21T13:07:22Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 374, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/374/?format=api", "name": "Bonnie J. Dunbar", "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": 727, "name": "[AUTO] Bonnie J. Dunbar - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/bonnie2520j.2520dunbar_image_20181202120831.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190626.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": "P50DT8H24M3S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-03-03", "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": "Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a former NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 then served as president and CEO of The Museum of Flight until April 2010. From January 2013 - December 2015, Dr. Dunbar lead the University of Houston's STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and math) and was a faculty member in the Cullen College of Engineering.[1] Currently, she is a professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and serves as Director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI), a joint entity in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_J._Dunbar", "last_flight": "1998-01-23T02:48:15Z", "first_flight": "1985-10-30T17:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 363, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/363/?format=api", "name": "John E. Blaha", "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": 651, "name": "[AUTO] John E. Blaha - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520e.2520blaha_image_20181202112023.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190420.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": "P161DT2H45M31S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 82, "date_of_birth": "1942-08-26", "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": "John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.\r\n\r\nBlaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Blaha", "last_flight": "1996-09-16T08:54:49Z", "first_flight": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 305, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/305/?format=api", "name": "Joe Engle", "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": 479, "name": "[AUTO] Joe Engle - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/joe2520engle_image_20181202090904.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185948.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": "P9DT8H59M59S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 91, "date_of_birth": "1932-08-26", "date_of_death": "2024-07-10", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer, and a NASA astronaut.\r\n\r\nEngle test-flew the joint NASA-Air Force X-15 rocket airplane. During the course of testing, Engle earned his USAF Astronaut Wings, a Distinguished Flying Cross and other awards. Engle was selected by NASA in 1966 for the Apollo program, and was originally scheduled to land on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 17, but was bumped when later flights were cancelled, so that geologist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt could fly.\r\n\r\nHe subsequently became one of the first astronauts in the Space Shuttle program, having flight tested the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977. He was Commander of the second orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Engle", "last_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z", "first_flight": "1965-06-29T18:21:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 190, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/190/?format=api", "name": "Yuri Malenchenko", "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": 441, "name": "[AUTO] Yuri Malenchenko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuri2520malenchenko_image_20181201174359.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185848.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": "P827DT9H21M40S", "eva_time": "P1DT10H54M", "age": 63, "date_of_birth": "1961-12-22", "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": "Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Malenchenko", "last_flight": "2015-12-15T11:03:09Z", "first_flight": "1994-07-01T12:24:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 32, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/32/?format=api", "name": "John Young", "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": 814, "name": "[AUTO] John Young - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520young_image_20190426143657.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190840.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": "P25DT37M55S", "eva_time": "PT20H14M24S", "age": 87, "date_of_birth": "1930-09-24", "date_of_death": "2018-01-05", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to fly six space missions (with seven launches, counting his lunar liftoff) over the course of 42 years of active NASA service. He is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.\r\n\r\nIn 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year. In 1969 during Apollo 10, he became the first person to fly solo around the Moon. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded two Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974 to 1987. Young retired from NASA in 2004. He died on January 5, 2018.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "1983-11-28T16:00:00Z", "first_flight": "1965-03-23T14:24:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "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-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_l25c3_image_20201201090124.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.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-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/commandermla" } ], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 10 } ] }
