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 /2.2.0/astronaut/?mode=detailed
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'nationality', 'agency__name', 'agency__abbrev', 'date_of_birth', 'date_of_death', 'status_ids', 'is_human', 'type__id', 'has_flown', 'in_space' Example - /2.2.0/astronaut/?nationality=American
SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.2.0/astronaut/?search=armstrong Searches through name, nationality and agency name
ORDERING: Fields - 'name', 'status', 'date_of_birth' Example - /2.2.0/astronaut/?order=name
GET /2.2.0/astronaut/297/?format=api
{ "id": 297, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/297/?format=api", "name": "Zhang Xiaoguang", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P14DT14H28M58S", "eva_time": "P0D", "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1966-05-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Zhang Xiaoguang is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.\r\n\r\nHe was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang2520xiaoguang_image_20181201232412.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190829.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaoguang", "flights": [ { "id": "249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-2fg-shenzhou-10", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-10", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T15:48:19Z", "net": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_end": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_start": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 1682, "configuration": { "id": 84, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2F/G", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "variant": "F/G" } }, "mission": { "id": 898, "name": "Shenzhou-10", "description": "This isthe fifth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program which lasted 15 days. Shenzhou-10 began its mission by bringing Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping to the Tiangong-1 space station. During their 12-day stay at the station astronauts conducted space medicine and technological experiments, and Wang Yaping gave a lecture for over 60 million Chinese students. On 23 June undocked from the station and performed manual re-docking procedure, which was one of the objectives of the mission. On 25 June Shenzhou-10 undocked from the station and landed safely on the morning of the next day.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/37/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.957893,100.290944", "latitude": "40.957893", "longitude": "100.290944", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. 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The program put the first Chinese citizen, Yang Liwei, into orbit on 15 October 2003.", "agencies": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_program_20200820204745.PNG", "start_date": "1993-01-01T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_program", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 5298, "location_launch_attempt_count": 64, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 11, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 123, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 30, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "type": "normal" } ], "landings": [ { "id": 446, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/446/?format=api", "destination": "Tiangong-1", "mission_end": "2013-06-26T00:07:00Z", "spacecraft": { "id": 427, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/427/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 10", "serial_number": "10", "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P14DT14H28M58S", "time_docked": "P12DT11H13M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "The Shenzhou spacecraft docked with the Tiangong-1 trial space laboratory module on 13 June, and the astronauts performed physical, technological, and scientific experiments while on board. Shenzhou 10 was the final mission to Tiangong 1 in this portion of the Tiangong program.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 2, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/2/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/249d8351-66ac-4ac5-ab3a-ada0799dcd82/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-2fg-shenzhou-10", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-10", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T15:48:19Z", "net": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_end": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "window_start": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 1682, "configuration": { "id": 84, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2F/G", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "variant": "F/G" } }, "mission": { "id": 898, "name": "Shenzhou-10", "description": "This isthe fifth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program which lasted 15 days. Shenzhou-10 began its mission by bringing Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping to the Tiangong-1 space station. During their 12-day stay at the station astronauts conducted space medicine and technological experiments, and Wang Yaping gave a lecture for over 60 million Chinese students. On 23 June undocked from the station and performed manual re-docking procedure, which was one of the objectives of the mission. 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