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&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 805, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=10&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": null, "results": [ { "id": 672, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/672/?format=api", "name": "Mark Stucky", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": 751, "name": "[AUTO] Mark Stucky - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark_stucky_image_20210522145002.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190703.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1958-11-09", "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 P. \"Forger\" Stucky was an American test pilot and commercial astronaut for Virgin Galactic. He left the company in July 2021.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_P._Stucky", "last_flight": "2020-06-25T12:00:00Z", "first_flight": "2010-10-28T12:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 30, "landings_count": 30, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 676, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/676/?format=api", "name": "David Mackay", "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": 748, "name": "[AUTO] David Mackay - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/david_mackay_image_20220911034224.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190659.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": "PT1H57M30S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-01-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 10, "name": "United Kingdom", "alpha_2_code": "GB", "alpha_3_code": "GBR", "nationality_name": "British", "nationality_name_composed": "Brito" } ], "bio": "Astronaut David William Donald Mackay AFC is the British Chief Pilot of Virgin Galactic, and a former RAF test pilot. He is the first native-born Scot to visit space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mackay_(pilot)", "last_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z", "first_flight": "2012-06-29T12:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 19, "landings_count": 19, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 474, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/474/?format=api", "name": "Frederick W. Sturckow", "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": 698, "name": "[AUTO] Frederick W. Sturckow - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/frederick_w._st_image_20210522153643.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190532.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": "P51DT11H57M51S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 63, "date_of_birth": "1961-08-11", "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": "Frederick Wilford \"Rick\" Sturckow is an Engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commander. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of two people to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Sturckow", "last_flight": "2024-01-26T17:42:05Z", "first_flight": "1998-12-04T08:35:34Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 17, "landings_count": 17, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 670, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/670/?format=api", "name": "Peter Siebold", "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": 387, "name": "[AUTO] Peter Siebold - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/peter_siebold_image_20210522144249.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185724.png", "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": "PT12H", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 54, "date_of_birth": "1971-01-01", "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": "Peter Siebold is a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team. He is their Director of Flight Operations was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo. On October 31, 2014, Peter Siebold and Michael Alsbury were piloting the SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise on flight PF04, when the craft came apart in mid-air and then crashed, killing Alsbury and injuring Siebold.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Siebold", "last_flight": "2014-10-31T12:00:00Z", "first_flight": "2010-10-10T12:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 16, "landings_count": 16, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 679, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/679/?format=api", "name": "Michael Masucci", "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": 667, "name": "[AUTO] Michael Masucci - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_masucci_image_20220911034628.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190444.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": "PT1H39M23S", "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": "Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Masucci", "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2013-12-11T12:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 12, "landings_count": 12, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 673, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/673/?format=api", "name": "Clint Nichols", "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": 412, "name": "[AUTO] Clint Nichols - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/clint_nichols_image_20210522145635.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185803.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": "PT12H", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1970-01-01", "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": "Clint Nichols is an Aerospace Engineer and Test Pilot for Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceflight program.\r\n\r\nBirthdate is unknown.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2013-09-05T12:00:00Z", "first_flight": "2010-11-17T00:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 11, "landings_count": 11, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 671, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/671/?format=api", "name": "Michael Alsbury", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Lost In Flight" }, "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": 608, "name": "[AUTO] Michael Alsbury - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael_alsbury_image_20210522144654.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190310.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": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 39, "date_of_birth": "1975-03-19", "date_of_death": "2014-10-31", "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 Tyner Alsbury was an American test pilot for Scaled Composites. On October 31, 2014, Alsbury was test flying the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, VSS Enterprise with Peter Siebold. The craft broke up in-flight, resulting in a total loss of VSS Enterprise, which crashed in the California Mojave Desert.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alsbury", "last_flight": "2014-10-31T12:00:00Z", "first_flight": "2010-10-10T12:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 9, "landings_count": 9, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 378, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/378/?format=api", "name": "Jerry L. Ross", "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": 297, "name": "[AUTO] Jerry L. Ross - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerry2520l.2520ross_image_20181202121238.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185452.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": "P58DT51M5S", "eva_time": "P2DT9H55M", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1948-01-20", "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": "Jerry Lynn Ross is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz). His papers, photographs and many personal items are in the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives at Purdue University. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame during ceremonies in May 2014.\r\n\r\nRoss is the author of Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer (Purdue University Press, 2013) with John Norberg. In March 2014 it was announced \"Spacewalker\" will be available in a French translation through the specialist aerospace publisher Altipresse.\r\n\r\nFellow astronaut Chris Hadfield describes Ross in his autobiography, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, as \"the embodiment of the trustworthy, loyal, courteous and brave astronaut archetype.\"", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_L._Ross", "last_flight": "2002-04-08T20:44:19Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 7, "landings_count": 7, "spacewalks_count": 9 }, { "id": 372, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/372/?format=api", "name": "Franklin Chang Díaz", "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": 580, "name": "[AUTO] Franklin Chang Díaz - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/franklin_chang__image_20220911034344.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190227.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": "P66DT18H15M4S", "eva_time": "PT21H45M", "age": 75, "date_of_birth": "1950-04-05", "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": "Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican Chinese American mechanical engineer, physicist, former NASA astronaut. He is the founder and current CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977. He is of Chinese (paternal side) and Costa Rican Spanish (maternal side) descent. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, tieing the record, as of 2018 for the most spaceflights (a record set by Jerry L. Ross). He was the third Latin American, but the first Latin American immigrant NASA Astronaut selected to go into space. Chang Díaz is a member of the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Chang_D%C3%ADaz", "last_flight": "2002-06-05T21:22:49Z", "first_flight": "1986-01-12T11:55:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 7, "landings_count": 7, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 259, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/259/?format=api", "name": "Gennadi Strekalov", "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": 234, "name": "[AUTO] Gennadi Strekalov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gennadi2520strekalov_image_20181201221605.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185305.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": "P268DT22H29M54S", "eva_time": "PT21H40M13S", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1940-10-26", "date_of_death": "2004-12-25", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; October 26, 1940 – December 25, 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut-6, Salyut-7, and Mir space stations, spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Strekalov", "last_flight": "1995-03-14T06:11:34Z", "first_flight": "1980-11-27T14:18:28Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 6 } ] }
