Astronaut List
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/?format=api&offset=160&ordering=status
{ "count": 807, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=170&ordering=status", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=150&ordering=status", "results": [ { "id": 154, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/154/?format=api", "name": "Anatoli Ivanishin", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "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" } }, "image": { "id": 308, "name": "[AUTO] Anatoli Ivanishin - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anatoli_ivanish_image_20200402084238.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185511.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P476DT4H41M11S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 56, "date_of_birth": "1969-01-15", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin (Russian: Анатолий Алексеевич Иванишин; born 15 January 1969 in Irkutsk) is a Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to space was to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft as an Expedition 29 / Expedition 30 crew member, launching in November 2011 and returning in April 2012. Ivanishin was the Commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 49. His third and last spaceflight was as a flight engineer during Expedition 62 / Expedition 63 in 2020. \r\nIvanishin retired in October 2021 to focus on science career.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Ivanishin", "last_flight": "2020-04-09T08:05:06Z", "first_flight": "2011-11-14T04:14:03Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 171, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/171/?format=api", "name": "Oleg Kotov", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "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" } }, "image": { "id": 819, "name": "[AUTO] Oleg Kotov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/oleg2520kotov_image_20181129233807.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190847.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P526DT5H3M1S", "eva_time": "P1DT12H51M", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1965-10-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown two long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging just short of a year in space. Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kotov", "last_flight": "2013-09-25T20:58:50Z", "first_flight": "2007-04-07T17:31:09Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 269, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/269/?format=api", "name": "Valeri Tokarev", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "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" } }, "image": { "id": 883, "name": "[AUTO] Valeri Tokarev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/valeri2520tokarev_image_20181201222932.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191033.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P199DT15H5M25S", "eva_time": "PT12H54M", "age": 72, "date_of_birth": "1952-10-29", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev (Russian: Валерий Иванович Токарев; born October 29, 1952) is a Russian Air Force Colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks, before retiring in June 2008.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Tokarev", "last_flight": "2005-10-01T03:54:53Z", "first_flight": "1999-05-27T10:49:42Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 508, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/508/?format=api", "name": "Paul W. Richards", "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": 411, "name": "[AUTO] Paul W. Richards - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/paul2520w.2520richards_image_20181203161257.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185801.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P12DT23H59M51S", "eva_time": "PT8H56M", "age": 60, "date_of_birth": "1964-05-20", "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": "Paul William Richards is an American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut. He flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission in 2001.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_W._Richards", "last_flight": "2001-03-08T11:42:09Z", "first_flight": "2001-03-08T11:42:09Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 272, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/272/?format=api", "name": "Vasily Tsibliyev", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "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" } }, "image": { "id": 395, "name": "[AUTO] Vasily Tsibliyev - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vasily2520tsibliyev_image_20181201223334.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185737.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P381DT15H52M32S", "eva_time": "PT19H12M50S", "age": 71, "date_of_birth": "1954-02-20", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev (Russian: Василий Василиевич Циблиев); born on February 20, 1954) is a Russian cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nHe was selected as a cosmonaut on March 26, 1987. Tsibliyev flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-17 from July 1, 1993 to January 14, 1994 and on Soyuz TM-25 from February 2, 1997 to August 14 of the same year. He retired on June 19, 1998. Tsibliyev is currently Chief of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center at Star City, Russia.\r\n\r\nTsibliyev was the commander in charge of Mir when it was hit by a Progress spacecraft in 1997.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Tsibliyev", "last_flight": "1997-02-10T14:09:30Z", "first_flight": "1993-07-01T14:32:58Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 82, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/82/?format=api", "name": "Andrei Borisenko", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "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" } }, "image": { "id": 888, "name": "[AUTO] Andrei Borisenko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andrei2520borisenko_image_20181128223756.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191041.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P337DT8H55M26S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 61, "date_of_birth": "1964-04-17", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Andrei Ivanovich Borisenko (Андрей Иванович Борисенко - born April 17, 1964 in Leningrad, Russia) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003, and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station.\r\n\r\nBorisenko served as a flight engineer onboard Soyuz TMA-21 for Expedition 27, the 27th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He also served as the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 28. He launched for the second time in October 2016 onboard Soyuz MS-02 as a flight engineer of Expedition 49 and Expedition 50. He returned to Earth in April 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Borisenko", "last_flight": "2016-10-19T08:05:14Z", "first_flight": "2011-04-04T22:18:20Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 108, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/108/?format=api", "name": "Christer Fuglesang", "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": 609, "name": "[AUTO] Christer Fuglesang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/christer2520fuglesang_image_20181128231700.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190312.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P26DT17H37M48S", "eva_time": "P1DT7H53M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1957-03-18", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 15, "name": "Sweden", "alpha_2_code": "SE", "alpha_3_code": "SWE", "nationality_name": "Swedish", "nationality_name_composed": "Swedo" } ], "bio": "Arne Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957 in Stockholm) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.\r\n\r\nMarried with three children, he was a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology before being selected to join the European Astronaut Corps in 1992. He has participated in two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks, and is the first person outside of the United States or Russian space programs to participate in more than three spacewalks.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang", "last_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "first_flight": "2006-12-10T01:47:35Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 603, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/603/?format=api", "name": "F. Drew Gaffney", "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": 902, "name": "[AUTO] F. Drew Gaffney - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/f.2520drew2520gaffney_image_20190211162526.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191105.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Payload Specialist" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P9DT2H14M9S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 78, "date_of_birth": "1946-06-09", "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": "Francis Andrew \"Drew\" Gaffney is an American doctor. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight. He is currently a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Drew_Gaffney", "last_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "first_flight": "1991-06-05T13:24:51Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 437, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/437/?format=api", "name": "Donald A. Thomas", "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": 853, "name": "[AUTO] Donald A. Thomas - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/donald2520a.2520thomas_image_20181202143454.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190941.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P43DT8H12M30S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 69, "date_of_birth": "1955-05-06", "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": "Donald Alan Thomas, Ph.D. is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_A._Thomas", "last_flight": "1997-07-01T18:02:02Z", "first_flight": "1994-07-08T16:43:01Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 190, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/190/?format=api", "name": "Yuri Malenchenko", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "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" } }, "image": { "id": 441, "name": "[AUTO] Yuri Malenchenko - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuri2520malenchenko_image_20181201174359.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185848.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P827DT9H21M40S", "eva_time": "P1DT10H54M", "age": 63, "date_of_birth": "1961-12-22", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Malenchenko", "last_flight": "2015-12-15T11:03:09Z", "first_flight": "1994-07-01T12:24:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 6, "landings_count": 6, "spacewalks_count": 6 } ] }
