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=240&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 807, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=250&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=230&ordering=-flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 181, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/181/?format=api", "name": "Alexey Leonov", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 800, "name": "[AUTO] Alexey Leonov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/alexey2520leonov_image_20181129235111.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190818.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": "P7DT32M17S", "eva_time": "PT12M9S", "age": 85, "date_of_birth": "1934-05-30", "date_of_death": "2019-10-11", "nationality": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "bio": "Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲej ɐˈrxʲipəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈonəf]; born 30 May 1934) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Leonov", "last_flight": "1975-07-15T12:20:00Z", "first_flight": "1965-03-18T07:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 567, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/567/?format=api", "name": "Mark T. Vande Hei", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 789, "name": "[AUTO] Mark T. Vande Hei - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark2520t.2520vande2520hei_image_20181203172617.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190800.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": "P523DT8H59M17S", "eva_time": "P1DT2H42M", "age": 58, "date_of_birth": "1966-11-10", "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": "Mark Thomas Vande Hei is a NASA astronaut who served as a flight Engineer for Expedition 53 and 54 on the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_T._Vande_Hei", "last_flight": "2021-04-09T07:42:41Z", "first_flight": "2017-09-12T21:17:02Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 157, "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/Astro_Sabot" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 703, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/703/?format=api", "name": "Evan Dick", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/141/?format=api", "name": "Blue Origin", "abbrev": "BO", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": { "id": 600, "name": "[AUTO] Evan Dick - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/evan_dick_image_20220911034022.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190258.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Private" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT20M58S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "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": "Evan Dick is an engineer, investor, and Managing Member of Dick Holdings, LLC. Evan formerly served as Senior Vice President for D.E. Shaw and Managing Director of Highbridge Capital Management, and is a charitable supporter of the Darwin Foundation and Population Relief International Corp. He is an ATP-rated pilot and volunteer for Starfighters Aerospace, as well as an avid sailor and motorcyclist.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2022-06-04T13:25:02Z", "first_flight": "2021-12-11T15:00:42Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "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": "normal", "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 }, { "id": 183, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/183/?format=api", "name": "Liu Boming", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 502, "name": "[AUTO] Liu Boming - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/liu_boming_image_20210616062506.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190023.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": "P95DT38M25S", "eva_time": "PT13H3M", "age": 58, "date_of_birth": "1966-09-16", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Liu Boming (simplified Chinese: 刘伯明; traditional Chinese: 劉伯明; pinyin: Líu Bómíng; born September 1966) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an CNSA member in 1998.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Boming_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2021-06-17T01:22:31Z", "first_flight": "2008-09-25T13:10:04Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 523, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/523/?format=api", "name": "Clayton Anderson", "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": 231, "name": "[AUTO] Clayton Anderson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/clayton2520anderson_image_20181203163525.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185300.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": "P166DT21H9M34S", "eva_time": "P1DT14H9M", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1959-02-23", "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": "Clayton Conrad Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Anderson", "last_flight": "2010-04-05T10:21:22Z", "first_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 168, "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/Astro_Clay" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "id": 666, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/666/?format=api", "name": "Ye Guangfu", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 794, "name": "[AUTO] Ye Guangfu - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ye_guangfu_image_20211014075904.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190809.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": "P374DT13H58M8S", "eva_time": "PT21H5M", "age": 44, "date_of_birth": "1980-09-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "bio": "Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu was born in 1980 in the Sichuan province of China. He is an air force pilot and spent four years as an instructor and four years as a jet fighter pilot amassing 1100 hours of flight time. Ye was recruited as an astronaut trainee for China’s Astronaut Center in 2010 and qualified in 2014.\r\n\r\nBirth day unkown.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Guangfu", "last_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z", "first_flight": "2021-10-15T16:23:56Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 366, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/366/?format=api", "name": "Guy Gardner", "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": 929, "name": "[AUTO] Guy Gardner - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guy2520gardner_image_20181202112504.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191146.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": "P13DT8H10M26S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 77, "date_of_birth": "1948-01-06", "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": "Guy Spence Gardner is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of Colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35. Gardner was also the 12th president of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gardner_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "1990-12-02T06:49:00Z", "first_flight": "1988-12-02T14:30:34Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 451, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/451/?format=api", "name": "Jerry M. Linenger", "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": 360, "name": "[AUTO] Jerry M. Linenger - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jerry2520m.2520linenger_image_20181202145028.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185643.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": "P143DT2H48M44S", "eva_time": "PT4H59M", "age": 70, "date_of_birth": "1955-01-09", "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": "Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger", "last_flight": "1997-01-12T09:27:23Z", "first_flight": "1994-09-09T22:22:53Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 124, "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/Linenger" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 532, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/532/?format=api", "name": "John D. Olivas", "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": 758, "name": "[AUTO] John D. Olivas - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john_d._olivas_image_20220911034217.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190714.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": "P27DT17H4M19S", "eva_time": "P1DT10H27M", "age": 58, "date_of_birth": "1966-05-25", "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": "John Daniel \"Danny\" Olivas is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128. He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min.\r\n\r\nIn 2013 Olivas joined the University of Texas at El Paso as Director of the Center for the Advancement of Space Safety and Mission Assurance Research (CASSMAR) and will oversee space initiatives on campus.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Olivas", "last_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "first_flight": "2007-06-08T23:38:04Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 172, "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/OMS117" } ], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 5 } ] }
