GET

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

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=860&ordering=-name
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "count": 862,
  "next": null,
  "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=850&ordering=-name",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 200,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/200/?format=api",
      "name": "Abdul Ahad Mohmand",
      "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": 389,
        "name": "[AUTO] Abdul Ahad Mohmand - image",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/abdul2520ahad2520mohmand_image_20181201175826.jpg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185728.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": "P8DT20H26M27S",
      "eva_time": "P0D",
      "age": 67,
      "date_of_birth": "1959-01-01",
      "date_of_death": "2026-06-21",
      "nationality": [
        {
          "id": 48,
          "name": "Afghanistan",
          "alpha_2_code": "AF",
          "alpha_3_code": "AFG",
          "nationality_name": "Afghan",
          "nationality_name_composed": "Afghani"
        }
      ],
      "bio": "Abdul Ahad Mohmand (Pashto: عبدالاحد مومند‎; born January 1, 1959) is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Afghan citizen and fourth Muslim to journey to outer space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nMomand died of cancer in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 21 June 2026.",
      "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Ahad_Mohmand",
      "last_flight": "1988-08-29T04:23:11Z",
      "first_flight": "1988-08-29T04:23:11Z",
      "social_media_links": [],
      "flights_count": 1,
      "landings_count": 1,
      "spacewalks_count": 0
    },
    {
      "id": 861,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/861/?format=api",
      "name": "Aaron Newman",
      "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",
        "type": {
          "id": 3,
          "name": "Commercial"
        }
      },
      "image": {
        "id": 2487,
        "name": "Aaron Newman in flight suit",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aaron_newman_in_image_20251008055533.jpg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aaron_newman_in_image_thumbnail_20251008055534.jpeg",
        "credit": "Blue Origin",
        "license": {
          "id": 37,
          "name": "Blue Origin Terms of Use",
          "priority": 6,
          "link": "https://www.blueorigin.com/terms-of-use"
        },
        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
      },
      "response_mode": "normal",
      "type": {
        "id": 3,
        "name": "Private"
      },
      "in_space": false,
      "time_in_space": "PT10M21S",
      "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": "Entrepreneur, explorer, and US Army veteran.",
      "wiki": null,
      "last_flight": "2025-10-08T13:40:27Z",
      "first_flight": "2025-10-08T13:40:27Z",
      "social_media_links": [],
      "flights_count": 1,
      "landings_count": 1,
      "spacewalks_count": 0
    }
  ]
}