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/921/?format=api
{ "id": 921, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/921/?format=api", "name": "Makoto Suwa", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "agency": { "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "type": "Government" }, "age": 49, "date_of_birth": "1977-01-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Japanese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Makoto Suwa is a JAXA astronaut. He was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2023.\r\n\r\nSuwa spent nearly a decade with the World Bank Group. Previously, he served in Rwanda as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer before joining the United Nations World Meteorological Organization. Suwa holds a doctorate in geosciences from Princeton University and completed basic training to become certified as an astronaut in 2024.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/makoto_suwa_off_image_20260925012547.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/makoto_suwa_off_image_thumbnail_20260925012547.jpeg", "wiki": null, "flights": [], "landings": [ { "id": 915, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/915/?format=api", "destination": "International Space Station", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 452, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/452/?format=api", "name": "Crew Dragon", "serial_number": "TBD", "is_placeholder": true, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 0, "mission_ends_count": 0, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "The specific spacecraft for this launch is currently unknown.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 6, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/6/?format=api", "name": "Crew Dragon 2", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_dm-2_cre_image_20200504065311.jpeg" } }, "launch": { "id": "a5556e79-a01f-48c6-b822-69bbadb4460d", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/a5556e79-a01f-48c6-b822-69bbadb4460d/?format=api", "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-crew-14", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-14", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "To Be Determined", "abbrev": "TBD", "description": "Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources." }, "last_updated": "2026-09-25T01:40:15Z", "net": "2027-03-31T00:00:00Z", "window_end": "2027-03-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2027-03-31T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 7, "name": "Month", "abbrev": "M", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given month." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 7601, "configuration": { "id": 164, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/164/?format=api", "name": "Falcon 9", "family": "Falcon", "full_name": "Falcon 9 Block 5", "variant": "Block 5" } }, "mission": { "id": 6044, "name": "Crew-14", "description": "SpaceX Crew-14 is the fourteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Human Exploration", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [ { "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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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