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/338/?format=api
{ "id": 338, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/338/?format=api", "name": "Frederick D. Gregory", "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": "1941-01-07", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Frederick Drew Gregory is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael Griffin.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/frederick2520d.2520gregory_image_20181202102806.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191147.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_D._Gregory", "flights": [ { "id": "9afee84c-25a8-445b-960b-1e587cfa0221", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9afee84c-25a8-445b-960b-1e587cfa0221/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 181, "slug": "space-shuttle-challenger-ov-099-sts-51-b", "name": "Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-B", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1985-04-29T16:02:18Z", "window_end": "1985-04-29T16:02:18Z", "window_start": "1985-04-29T16:02:18Z", "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": 305, "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": 651, "launch_library_id": 913, "name": "STS-51-B", "description": "STS-51-B was the seventeenth flight of the shuttle program and the seventh for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was the second flight for SpaceLab. 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Constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985, Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J from 3 to 7 October 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch On Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km) or more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.", "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://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space2520shuttle_image_20190207032524.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "33eee486-cd6f-4b78-a8f6-392447173f81", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/33eee486-cd6f-4b78-a8f6-392447173f81/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 389, "slug": "space-shuttle-atlantis-ov-104-sts-44", "name": "Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-44", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1991-11-24T23:44:00Z", "window_end": "1991-11-24T23:44:00Z", "window_start": "1991-11-24T23:44:00Z", "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": 349, "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": 724, "launch_library_id": 940, "name": "STS-44", "description": "STS-44 was a Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis that launched on 24 November 1991. 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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://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space2520shuttle_image_20190207032524.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "9afee84c-25a8-445b-960b-1e587cfa0221", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9afee84c-25a8-445b-960b-1e587cfa0221/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 181, "slug": "space-shuttle-challenger-ov-099-sts-51-b", "name": "Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-B", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1985-04-29T16:02:18Z", "window_end": "1985-04-29T16:02:18Z", "window_start": "1985-04-29T16:02:18Z", "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": 305, "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": 651, "launch_library_id": 913, "name": "STS-51-B", "description": "STS-51-B was the seventeenth flight of the shuttle program and the seventh for Space Shuttle Challenger. 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