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/317/?format=api
{ "id": 317, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/317/?format=api", "name": "Paul J. Weitz", "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": "1932-07-25", "date_of_death": "2017-10-22", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first manned Skylab mission. He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle Challenger flights.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/paul2520j.2520weitz_image_20190426143707.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190813.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._Weitz", "flights": [ { "id": "cb5402bd-5432-42f2-9f5b-961cb3b3b838", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/cb5402bd-5432-42f2-9f5b-961cb3b3b838/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 168, "slug": "space-shuttle-challenger-ov-099-sts-6", "name": "Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "window_end": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "window_start": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 102, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/102/?format=api", "name": "Rockwell International", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 288, "configuration": { "id": 493, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "family": "", "full_name": "Space Shuttle", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 515, "launch_library_id": 902, "name": "STS-6", "description": "STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA, forming an integral part of NASAs in-space 10. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission involving a spacewalk. It was the first mission in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 87, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/87/?format=api", "agency_id": 121, "name": "Launch Complex 39A", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39#Launch_Pad_39A", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.60822681,-80.60428186", "latitude": "28.60822681", "longitude": "-80.60428186", "location": { "id": 27, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/27/?format=api", "name": "Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_27_20200803142447.jpg", "total_launch_count": 264, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_87_20200803143537.jpg", "total_launch_count": 206 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_image_20230422074810.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 6, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/6/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "description": "The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.", "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/space2520shutt_program_20200820202237.png", "start_date": "1981-04-12T12:00:03Z", "end_date": "2011-07-08T15:29:00Z", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" } ] }, { "id": "7ec5fba7-67ca-4baa-858a-0c020cb7de10", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/7ec5fba7-67ca-4baa-858a-0c020cb7de10/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 983, "slug": "saturn-ib-skylab-2", "name": "Saturn IB | Skylab 2", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1973-05-25T13:00:00Z", "window_end": "1973-05-25T13:00:00Z", "window_start": "1973-05-25T13:00:00Z", "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": 238, "configuration": { "id": 163, "launch_library_id": 135, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/163/?format=api", "name": "Saturn IB", "family": "Saturn", "full_name": "Saturn IB", "variant": "IB" } }, "mission": { "id": 3, "launch_library_id": 378, "name": "Skylab 2", "description": "Skylab 2 (also known as SL-2 or SLM-1) was the first crewed mission to the first US orbital space station Skylab. 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The mission began on May 25, 1973, 13:00:00 UTC with the launch of a three-person crew. Crew members were the Commander Charles \"Pete\" Conrad, Jr., Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin and Pilot Paul J. Weitz. During their 26-day stay on the station, crew performed station repairs and conducted scientific, medical experiments, gathered solar and Earth science data. 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Challenger was replaced by Endeavour, which was built from structural spares ordered by NASA in the construction contracts for Discovery and Atlantis.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 14, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/14/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Spaceplane" }, "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "in_use": false, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space2520shuttle_image_20190207032524.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "cb5402bd-5432-42f2-9f5b-961cb3b3b838", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/cb5402bd-5432-42f2-9f5b-961cb3b3b838/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 168, "slug": "space-shuttle-challenger-ov-099-sts-6", "name": "Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "window_end": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "window_start": "1983-04-04T18:30:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 102, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/102/?format=api", "name": "Rockwell International", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 288, "configuration": { "id": 493, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "family": "", "full_name": "Space Shuttle", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 515, "launch_library_id": 902, "name": "STS-6", "description": "STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. 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