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 /2.2.0/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/?format=api&offset=850&ordering=spacewalks_count
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She was on her third long-duration space flight and was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 51, before handing over command to Fyodor Yurchikhin on June 1, 2017.", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/AstroPeggy", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/astro_peggy/", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson", "agency": { "id": 1022, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1022/?format=api", "name": "Axiom Space", "featured": false, "type": "Private", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "AXS", "description": "Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom, is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Houston, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Jonathan Cirtain", "founding_year": "2016", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image_url": null, "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/axiom2520space_logo_20201201090013.png" }, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/peggy_whitson_image_20210210144848.jpeg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190851.jpeg", "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 10, "last_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "first_flight": "2002-06-05T21:22:49Z" }, { "id": 545, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/545/?format=api", "name": "Robert L. 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