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/541/?format=api
{ "id": 541, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/541/?format=api", "name": "Kevin A. Ford", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 824, "name": "[AUTO] Kevin A. Ford - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kevin2520a.2520ford_image_20181203165445.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190856.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": "P157DT13H13M12S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 64, "date_of_birth": "1960-07-07", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Kevin Anthony Ford is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and a NASA astronaut. Ford has received a number of special honors and awards, some of which are the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Ford has also logged more than 5,000 flying hours and also holds FAA commercial certificates for airplanes, helicopters and gliders. Ford has served in many roles at NASA since his selection in July 2000. The roles include as a Capsule Communicator or CAPCOM. He was also the Director Of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia from January 2004 to January 2005. He was pilot of STS-128 and Flight Engineer 2 of Soyuz TMA-06M from October 23, 2012 to March 16, 2013.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_A._Ford", "last_flight": "2012-10-23T10:51:11Z", "first_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 59, "social_media": { "id": 1, "name": "X", "url": "https://x.com", "logo": { "id": 2320, "name": "X logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191027.jpeg", "credit": "X", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://twitter.com/kevin_astro7" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0, "flights": [ { "id": "d2a6fe0f-d3fb-41d0-ab47-ec807a8a9a22", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/d2a6fe0f-d3fb-41d0-ab47-ec807a8a9a22/?format=api", "name": "Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-06M", "response_mode": "normal", "slug": "soyuz-fg-soyuz-tma-06m", "launch_designator": "2012-058", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T08:52:24Z", "net": "2012-10-23T10:51:11Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2012-10-23T10:51:11Z", "window_start": "2012-10-23T10:51:11Z", "image": { "id": 1827, "name": "[AUTO] Soyuz - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soyuz_image_20190717035537.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305193856.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "rocket": { "id": 1639, "configuration": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 34, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/34/?format=api", "name": "Soyuz", "families": [], "full_name": "Soyuz FG", "variant": "FG" } }, "mission": { "id": 193, "name": "Soyuz TMA-06M", "type": "Human Exploration", "description": "Soyuz TMA-06M begins expedition 33 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. \nRussian Commander, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy alongside Flight Engineers, Evgeny Tarelkin (RSA) & Kevin A. 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