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=816&ordering=-landings_count
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

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    "count": 824,
    "next": null,
    "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=806&ordering=-landings_count",
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            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/857/?format=api",
            "name": "Lionel Pitchford",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 141,
                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/141/?format=api",
                "name": "Blue Origin",
                "abbrev": "BO",
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                    "id": 3,
                    "name": "Commercial"
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            },
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                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
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            "response_mode": "normal",
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                "id": 3,
                "name": "Private"
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            "eva_time": "P0D",
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            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
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            "id": 401,
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                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api",
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                "abbrev": "NASA",
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                    "name": "Government"
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                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
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                "single_use": true,
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                "name": "Government"
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            "date_of_death": "1986-05-24",
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                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
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            "name": "Chen Quan",
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                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
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                "name": "Active"
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                "abbrev": "NASA",
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                "single_use": true,
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            ],
            "bio": "Zena Maria Cardman is an American marine biologist and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zena_Cardman",
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                            "single_use": true,
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                            "single_use": true,
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            "spacewalks_count": 0
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        {
            "id": 534,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/534/?format=api",
            "name": "Patricia Robertson",
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                "id": 6,
                "name": "Died While In Active Service"
            },
            "agency": {
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                "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api",
                "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
                "abbrev": "NASA",
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