Astronaut List
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/?format=api&offset=610&ordering=name
{ "count": 766, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/?format=api&limit=10&offset=620&ordering=name", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/?format=api&limit=10&offset=600&ordering=name", "results": [ { "id": 782, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/782/?format=api", "name": "Shengjie Tang", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1989-12-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "bio": "Tang Shengjie is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": null, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CNSA", "description": "The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for the national space program and for planning and development of space activities. CNSA and China Aerospace Corporation (CASC) assumed the authority over space development efforts previously held by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. The CNSA has many launch sites around China with their orbital sites located in Jiuquan, Xichang, Taiyuan and Wenchang.", "administrator": "Administrator: Tang Dengjie", "founding_year": "1993", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "Shenzhou", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_image_20190207032431.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shengjie_tang_image_20231025055827.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191127.jpeg", "last_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z", "first_flight": "2023-10-26T03:14:02Z" }, { "id": 379, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/379/?format=api", "name": "Sherwood C. Spring", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1944-09-03", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Sherwood Clark \"Woody\" Spring is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut. Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring. Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting spacewalks. Spring has also accumulated 3,500 hours in 25 different military and civilian aircraft; over 1,500 of those hours were spent in jet aircraft.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_C._Spring", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.", "administrator": "Administrator: Bill Nelson", "founding_year": "1958", "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS", "spacecraft": "Orion", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sherwood_c._spr_image_20220911034121.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191153.jpeg", "last_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-11-27T00:29:00Z" }, { "id": 660, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/660/?format=api", "name": "Sian Proctor", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1970-03-28", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Sian Proctor is an American explorer, scientist, STEM communicator, and aspiring astronaut. She is a geology, sustainability and planetary science professor at South Mountain Community College. Proctor was the education outreach officer for the first Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Mission.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor", "agency": { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "SpX", "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": "2002", "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_image_20190207032501.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sian_proctor_image_20210914154206.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190250.jpeg", "last_flight": "2021-09-16T00:02:56Z", "first_flight": "2021-09-16T00:02:56Z" }, { "id": 384, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/384/?format=api", "name": "Sidney M. Gutierrez", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1951-06-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_M._Gutierrez", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.", "administrator": "Administrator: Bill Nelson", "founding_year": "1958", "launchers": "Space Shuttle | SLS", "spacecraft": "Orion", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/national2520aeronautics2520and2520space2520administration_image_20190207032448.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sidney2520m.2520gutierrez_image_20181202133521.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190726.jpeg", "last_flight": "1994-04-09T11:05:00Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z" }, { "id": 156, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/156/?format=api", "name": "Sigmund Jähn", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1937-02-13", "date_of_death": "2019-09-21", "nationality": "German", "bio": "Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born 13 February 1937) is a German cosmonaut and pilot, who in 1978 became the first German to fly in space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn", "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": "1992", "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sigmund2520j25c325a4hn_image_20181129231552.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185419.jpeg", "last_flight": "1978-08-26T14:51:30Z", "first_flight": "1978-08-26T14:51:30Z" }, { "id": 687, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/687/?format=api", "name": "Sirisha Bandla", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1988-01-22", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "bio": "Sirisha Bandla is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Galactic between from 2015 until 2020 when she joined Virgin Orbit. She is back at Virgin Galactic since 2021 as Vice President of Government Affairs.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/SirishaBandla", "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla", "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "featured": false, "type": "Private", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "VG", "description": "Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.", "administrator": "Founder: Richard Branson", "founding_year": "2004", "launchers": "VMS Eve", "spacecraft": "VSS Enterprise | VSS Unity", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin_galactic_image_20210522131723.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sirisha_bandla_image_20220911034606.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190127.jpeg", "last_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z", "first_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z" }, { "id": 686, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/686/?format=api", "name": "Sir Richard Branson", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "date_of_birth": "1950-07-18", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "British", "bio": "Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate and founder of the Virgin Group. He later founded both Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/richardbranson", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/richardbranson/", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson", "agency": { "id": 1024, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1024/?format=api", "name": "Virgin Galactic", "featured": false, "type": "Private", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "VG", "description": "Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.", "administrator": "Founder: Richard Branson", "founding_year": "2004", "launchers": "VMS Eve", "spacecraft": "VSS Enterprise | VSS Unity", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin_galactic_image_20210522131723.jpeg" }, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sir_richard_bra_image_20220911033736.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190909.jpeg", "last_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z", "first_flight": "2021-07-11T15:25:30Z" }, { "id": 745, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/745/?format=api", "name": "Snoopy", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Non-Human" }, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Earthling", "bio": "This Snoopy plushie serves as zero-G indicator on the Artemis-1 mission.", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NASA", "description": "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. 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His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first \"return to flight\" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was most recently in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on 2 June 2010. He is the fifth Japanese astronaut to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Astro_Soichi", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/astro.soichi/", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichi_Noguchi", "agency": { "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "JPN", "abbrev": "JAXA", "description": "The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. 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