Astronaut Instance
API endpoint that allows Astronaut to be viewed.
GET: Return a list of all the existing astronauts.
MODE: Normal, List, LaunchList and Detailed /2.0.0/astronaut/?mode=detailed
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'nationality', 'agency__name', 'agency__abbrev', 'date_of_birth', 'date_of_death', 'status_ids' Example - /2.0.0/astronaut/?nationality=American
SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.0.0/astronaut/?search=armstrong Searches through name, nationality and agency name
ORDERING: Fields - 'name', 'status', 'date_of_birth' Example - /2.0.0/astronaut/?order=name
GET /2.0.0/astronaut/21/?format=api
{ "id": 21, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/21/?format=api", "name": "Alan Shepard", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1923-11-18", "date_of_death": "1998-07-21", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/alan2520shepard_image_20181128141007.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190059.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard", "flights": [ { "id": "e462696c-f2d8-4498-915e-c0045d07a74b", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/e462696c-f2d8-4498-915e-c0045d07a74b/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "apollo-lm-apollo-14", "name": "Apollo LM | Apollo 14", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1971-02-06T18:48:42Z", "window_end": "1971-02-06T18:48:42Z", "window_start": "1971-02-06T18:48:42Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 8298, "configuration": { "id": 513, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/513/?format=api", "name": "Apollo LM", "family": "", "full_name": "Apollo LM Ascent Stage", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 6879, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Apollo 14", "description": "Return flight of Apollo 14 from the Moon.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 11, "name": "Lunar Orbit", "abbrev": "LO" } }, "pad": { "id": 225, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/225/?format=api", "agency_id": 44, "name": "Apollo 14 landing site", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14", "map_url": null, "latitude": "-3.6453", "longitude": "-17.47136", "location": { "id": 169, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/169/?format=api", "name": "Fra Mauro Formation, Moon", "country_code": "", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_apollo_14_landing_site252c_fra_mauro252c_moon_20240813033131.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_apollo_14_landing_site_20240813035741.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/apollo_14_lm_on_image_20240813073933.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 4, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/4/?format=api", "name": "Apollo", "description": "The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/apollo_program_20200820200202.png", "start_date": "1966-11-16T00:00:00Z", "end_date": "1972-12-19T19:24:59Z", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program" } ] }, { "id": "9fe0c6ce-7858-4915-b4e3-7c93f8e56177", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9fe0c6ce-7858-4915-b4e3-7c93f8e56177/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "redstone-mrlv-mercury-redstone-3", "name": "Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 3", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1961-05-05T14:34:13Z", "window_end": "1961-05-05T14:34:13Z", "window_start": "1961-05-05T14:34:13Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 2174, "configuration": { "id": 107, "launch_library_id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/107/?format=api", "name": "Redstone", "family": "Redstone", "full_name": "Redstone MRLV", "variant": "MRLV" } }, "mission": { "id": 940, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Mercury-Redstone 3", "description": "Mercury-Redstone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. It was the first manned flight of Project Mercury, the objective of which was to put an astronaut into orbit around the Earth and return him safely. Shepard's mission was a 15-minute suborbital flight with the primary objective of demonstrating his ability to withstand the high g-forces of launch and atmospheric re-entry.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 15, "name": "Suborbital", "abbrev": "Sub" } }, "pad": { "id": 123, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/123/?format=api", "agency_id": 161, "name": "Launch Complex 5", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_5", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.43942,-80.573301", "latitude": "28.43942", "longitude": "-80.573301", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1020, "total_landing_count": 64 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_123_20200803143235.jpg", "total_launch_count": 13 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/redstone_image_20190207032627.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 2, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/2/?format=api", "name": "Mercury", "description": "Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/project2520mer_program_20200820194755.png", "start_date": "1958-10-07T00:00:00Z", "end_date": "1963-05-16T23:24:02Z", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/program-toc.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" } ] }, { "id": "5aad41ac-9656-471b-a367-81a42f3a1d86", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/5aad41ac-9656-471b-a367-81a42f3a1d86/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 989, "slug": "saturn-v-apollo-14", "name": "Saturn V | Apollo 14", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1971-01-31T21:03:02Z", "window_end": "1971-01-31T21:03:02Z", "window_start": "1971-01-31T21:03:02Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 230, "configuration": { "id": 93, "launch_library_id": 136, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/93/?format=api", "name": "Saturn V", "family": "Saturn", "full_name": "Saturn V", "variant": "V" } }, "mission": { "id": 149, "launch_library_id": 231, "name": "Apollo 14", "description": "Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo Program. The third mission to land on the moon. This mission was a two day stay on the lunar surface and carried out two EVAs. Commanded by Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Rossa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell. 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