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/334/?format=api
{ "id": 334, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/334/?format=api", "name": "Michael Coats", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": "1946-01-16", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael2520coats_image_20181202102404.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190130.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coats", "flights": [ { "id": "517a33d0-7632-4104-9ecc-1ceee5014df4", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/517a33d0-7632-4104-9ecc-1ceee5014df4/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 192, "slug": "space-shuttle-discovery-ov-103-sts-29", "name": "Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z", "window_end": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z", "window_start": "1989-03-13T14:57:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 192, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/192/?format=api", "name": "Lockheed Space Operations Company", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 325, "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": 677, "launch_library_id": 924, "name": "STS-29", "description": "STS-29 was the eighth flight of Discovery and its primary mission was to deploy the TDRS-D 10 satellite. It also deployed eight secondary payloads. 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