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/377/?format=api
{ "id": 377, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/377/?format=api", "name": "John M. Lounge", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P20DT2H21M59S", "eva_time": "P0D", "agency": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1946-06-28", "date_of_death": "2011-03-01", "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "ohn Michael \"Mike\" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990).", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520lounge_image_20181202121132.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185415.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Lounge", "flights": [ { "id": "8bf76727-9c9a-4fa2-8693-c052ce6d1d84", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/8bf76727-9c9a-4fa2-8693-c052ce6d1d84/?format=api", "slug": "space-shuttle-columbia-ov-102-sts-35", "name": "Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-35", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T08:55:03Z", "net": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "window_end": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "window_start": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 192, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/192/?format=api", "name": "Lockheed Space Operations Company", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 339, "configuration": { "id": 493, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "family": "", "full_name": "Space Shuttle", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 713, "name": "STS-35", "description": "STS-35 was the tenth flight of Columbia and the 38th of the shuttle program. 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