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/460/?format=api
{ "id": 460, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/460/?format=api", "name": "Scott Altman", "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": "1959-08-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Scott Douglas \"Scooter\" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.", "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/scott_altman_image_20220911034129.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190804.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Altman", "flights": [ { "id": "9aecd383-58b8-4d98-931f-37e2ca77eb41", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9aecd383-58b8-4d98-931f-37e2ca77eb41/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 457, "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-109", "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-109", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "window_end": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "window_start": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 191, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/191/?format=api", "name": "United Space Alliance", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 476, "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": 880, "launch_library_id": 1004, "name": "STS-109", "description": "STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program, the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. It was also the last successful mission of the orbiter Columbia before the ill-fated STS-107 mission, which culminated in the Columbia disaster.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Astrophysics", "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://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/launch_images/location_27_20200803142447.jpg", "total_launch_count": 237, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/launch_images/pad_87_20200803143537.jpg", "total_launch_count": 179 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.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://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.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": "907b7828-6eca-4d25-9e36-078e9195d4b2", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/907b7828-6eca-4d25-9e36-078e9195d4b2/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 438, "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-90", "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-90", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "window_end": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "window_start": "1998-04-17T18:19:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 191, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/191/?format=api", "name": "United Space Alliance", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 430, "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": 831, "launch_library_id": 986, "name": "STS-90", "description": "STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia. 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