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=250&ordering=status
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Walheim", "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": 742, "name": "[AUTO] Rex J. Walheim - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/rex_j._walheim_image_20220911034252.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190650.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": "P36DT8H31M7S", "eva_time": "P1DT12H23M", "age": 62, "date_of_birth": "1962-10-10", "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": "Rex Joseph Walheim is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew three space shuttle missions, STS-110, STS-122, and STS-135. Walheim logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk (EVA) time. He was assigned as mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-135, the final space shuttle mission.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_J._Walheim", "last_flight": "2011-07-08T15:29:04Z", "first_flight": "2002-04-08T20:44:19Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 167, "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_Rex" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 408, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/408/?format=api", "name": "Andrew M. Allen", "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": 263, "name": "[AUTO] Andrew M. Allen - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andrew2520m.2520allen_image_20181202140432.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185355.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": "P37DT16H11M11S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 69, "date_of_birth": "1955-08-04", "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": "Andrew Michael \"Andy\" Allen is a retired American astronaut. A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three Space Shuttle missions before retiring in 1997.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_M._Allen", "last_flight": "1996-02-22T20:18:00Z", "first_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 450, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/450/?format=api", "name": "Wendy B. Lawrence", "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": 634, "name": "[AUTO] Wendy B. 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She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. 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Fischer", "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": 839, "name": "[AUTO] Jack D. 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He made his first spaceflight in April 2017, as a flight engineer for Expedition 51/52 on the International Space Station.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_D._Fischer", "last_flight": "2017-04-20T07:13:45Z", "first_flight": "2017-04-20T07:13:45Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 77, "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/Astro2fish" }, { "id": 78, "social_media": { "id": 2, "name": "Instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com", "logo": { "id": 2322, "name": "Instagram logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_20250211191139.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/instagram_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191139.png", "credit": "Instagram", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://www.instagram.com/astro2fish/" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 611, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/611/?format=api", "name": "Frederick W. Leslie", "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": 790, "name": "[AUTO] Frederick W. Leslie - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/frederick2520w.2520leslie_image_20190211162457.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190802.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": "P15DT21H52M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 73, "date_of_birth": "1951-12-19", "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": "Fred Weldon Leslie is an American scientist who flew on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Leslie", "last_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z", "first_flight": "1995-10-20T13:53:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 531, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/531/?format=api", "name": "Barbara Morgan", "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": 837, "name": "[AUTO] Barbara Morgan - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/barbara_morgan_image_20220911034043.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190916.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": "P12DT17H56M18S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 73, "date_of_birth": "1951-11-28", "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": "Barbara Radding Morgan is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a Mission Specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Morgan", "last_flight": "2007-08-08T22:36:42Z", "first_flight": "2007-08-08T22:36:42Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 481, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/481/?format=api", "name": "Carlos I. Noriega", "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": 572, "name": "[AUTO] Carlos I. 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STS-51C was the first dedicated Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. 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Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. Retired on February 9, 1989.\r\n\r\nFlew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13 and Soyuz TM-5.\r\n\r\nHas spent 252 days 17 hours 38 minutes in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Savinykh", "last_flight": "1988-06-07T14:03:13Z", "first_flight": "1981-03-12T19:00:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 1 } ] }
