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/700/?format=api
{ "id": 700, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/700/?format=api", "name": "Laura Shepard Churchley", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT10M13S", "eva_time": "P0D", "agency": { "id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1947-07-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "American", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Daughter of Alan Shepard, first American in space and fifth human to walk on the Moon. She serves as Chair of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees, a foundation that raises funds for college students and provides mentoring to scholars pursuing careers and research in STEM.\r\n\r\nExact date of birth unknown.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/laura_shepard_c_image_20220606095606.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190540.jpeg", "wiki": null, "flights": [ { "id": "6b0311ed-1ece-4485-89f8-6832cb5e2358", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/6b0311ed-1ece-4485-89f8-6832cb5e2358/?format=api", "slug": "new-shepard-ns-19", "name": "New Shepard | NS-19", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2025-02-25T17:38:55Z", "net": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "window_end": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "window_start": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "net_precision": { "id": 0, "name": "Second", "abbrev": "SEC", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the second." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 7497, "configuration": { "id": 137, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/137/?format=api", "name": "New Shepard", "family": "", "full_name": "New Shepard", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 5891, "name": "NS-19", "description": "NS-19 is the third crewed New Shepard flight, carrying two honorary guests and four paying customers.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Tourism", "orbit": { "id": 15, "name": "Suborbital", "abbrev": "Sub" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 90, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/90/?format=api", "agency_id": 141, "name": "West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch", "description": null, "info_url": "http://www.blueorigin.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Ranch", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=31.422878000000000,-104.757121000000000", "latitude": "31.422878", "longitude": "-104.757121", "location": { "id": 29, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/29/?format=api", "name": "Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_29_20200803142436.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/Chicago", "total_launch_count": 30, "total_landing_count": 30 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_90_20200803143233.jpg", "total_launch_count": 30, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 0 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/new2520shepard_image_20190207032624.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": null, "location_launch_attempt_count": 19, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 19, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 19, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 0, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "type": "normal" } ], "landings": [ { "id": 765, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/765/?format=api", "destination": "Suborbital", "mission_end": "2021-12-11T15:10:55Z", "spacecraft": { "id": 453, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/453/?format=api", "name": "RSS First Step", "serial_number": "2.0-2", "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT2H2M10S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 12, "mission_ends_count": 12, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "First Blue Origin New Shepard Crew Capsule 2.0 to carry human passengers. This capsule is outfitted with improvements to environmental features such as acoustics and temperature regulation inside the capsule, crew display panels, and speakers with a microphone and push-to-talk button at each seat.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 21, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/21/?format=api", "name": "Crew Capsule 2.0", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/crew2520capsule25202.0_image_20190309095011.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "6b0311ed-1ece-4485-89f8-6832cb5e2358", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/6b0311ed-1ece-4485-89f8-6832cb5e2358/?format=api", "slug": "new-shepard-ns-19", "name": "New Shepard | NS-19", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2025-02-25T17:38:55Z", "net": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "window_end": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "window_start": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "net_precision": { "id": 0, "name": "Second", "abbrev": "SEC", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the second." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 7497, "configuration": { "id": 137, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/137/?format=api", "name": "New Shepard", "family": "", "full_name": "New Shepard", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 5891, "name": "NS-19", "description": "NS-19 is the third crewed New Shepard flight, carrying two honorary guests and four paying customers.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Tourism", "orbit": { "id": 15, "name": "Suborbital", "abbrev": "Sub" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 90, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/90/?format=api", "agency_id": 141, "name": "West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch", "description": null, "info_url": "http://www.blueorigin.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Ranch", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=31.422878000000000,-104.757121000000000", "latitude": "31.422878", "longitude": "-104.757121", "location": { "id": 29, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/29/?format=api", "name": "Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_29_20200803142436.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/Chicago", "total_launch_count": 30, "total_landing_count": 30 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_90_20200803143233.jpg", "total_launch_count": 30, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 0 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/new2520shepard_image_20190207032624.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": null, "location_launch_attempt_count": 19, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 19, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 19, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 0, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "type": "normal" }, "landing": { "id": 681, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The RSS First Step capsule successfully touched down at Blue Origin's Corn Ranch facility", "downrange_distance": null, "location": { "id": 28, "name": "Corn Ranch, West Texas", "abbrev": "CR", "description": "Blue Origin launch and landing facility located in West Texas", "location": { "id": 29, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/29/?format=api", "name": "Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_29_20200803142436.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/Chicago", "total_launch_count": 30, "total_landing_count": 30 }, "successful_landings": 33 }, "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Parachute Landing", "abbrev": "PCL", "description": "Unpowered landing using parachute(s)." } } } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0, "last_flight": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "first_flight": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "spacewalks": [] }
