Astronaut Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed
Example - /astronauts/?mode=list
Filters
Parameters - age, age__gt, age__gte, age__lt, age__lte, agency_ids, date_of_birth, date_of_birth__gt, date_of_birth__gte, date_of_birth__lt, date_of_birth__lte, date_of_death, date_of_death__gt, date_of_death__gte, date_of_death__lt, date_of_death__lte, first_flight, first_flight__gt, first_flight__gte, first_flight__lt, first_flight__lte, flights_count, flights_count__gt, flights_count__gte, flights_count__lt, flights_count__lte, has_flown, in_space, is_human, landings_count, landings_count__gt, landings_count__gte, landings_count__lt, landings_count__lte, last_flight, last_flight__gt, last_flight__gte, last_flight__lt, last_flight__lte, nationality, status_ids, type__id
Example - /astronauts/?has_flown=true
Search
Fields searched - agency__abbrev, agency__name, name, nationality__nationality_name
Example - /astronauts/?search=Pesquet
Ordering
Fields - age, date_of_birth, eva_time, flights_count, id, landings_count, last_flight, name, spacewalks_count, status, time_in_space
Example - /astronauts/?ordering=-time_in_space
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /astronauts/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /astronauts/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - ll.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/astronauts/244/?format=api
{ "id": 244, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/244/?format=api", "name": "Hans Schlegel", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 27, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" } }, "image": { "id": 548, "name": "[AUTO] Hans Schlegel - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hans2520schlegel_image_20181201215510.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190136.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "detailed", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P22DT18H1M30S", "eva_time": "PT6H45M", "age": 73, "date_of_birth": "1951-08-03", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" } ], "bio": "Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.\r\nFrom 1995 to 1997, he trained as the backup crew member for the German-Russian Mir'97 mission, and afterwards received additional training in Russia to become qualified as a second board engineer for the Mir space station. In 1998, he became a member of the European Astronaut Corps.\r\n\r\nSchlegel was a Mission Specialist on the STS-122 Space Shuttle mission. The mission was charged with the responsibility of putting the Columbus laboratory in orbit, in addition to its connection to the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Schlegel", "last_flight": "2008-02-07T19:45:30Z", "first_flight": "1993-04-26T14:50:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1, "flights": [ { "id": "7dda3325-cd5f-45c0-976c-9890c2c9a222", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/7dda3325-cd5f-45c0-976c-9890c2c9a222/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-122", "response_mode": "normal", "slug": "space-shuttle-atlantis-ov-104-sts-122", "launch_designator": "2008-005", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-06-15T13:30:09Z", "net": "2008-02-07T19:45:30Z", "net_precision": { "id": 0, "name": "Second", "abbrev": "SEC", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the second." }, "window_end": "2008-02-07T19:45:30Z", "window_start": "2008-02-07T19:45:30Z", "image": { "id": 1840, "name": "[AUTO] Space Shuttle - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_shuttle_image_20230422074810.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305193916.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 191, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/191/?format=api", "name": "United Space Alliance", "abbrev": "USA", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "rocket": { "id": 1388, "configuration": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 493, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "families": [], "full_name": "Space Shuttle", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 371, "name": "STS-122", "type": "Human Exploration", "description": "STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. 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