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=260&ordering=-time_in_space
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Newman - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james_h._newman_image_20220911033834.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185618.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": "P43DT10H8M30S", "eva_time": "P1DT19H13M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-10-16", "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": "James Hansen Newman, Ph.D. is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Newman", "last_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "first_flight": "1993-09-12T11:45:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 6 }, { "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": 448, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/448/?format=api", "name": "Michael L. Gernhardt", "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": 433, "name": "[AUTO] Michael L. Gernhardt - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/michael2520l.2520gernhardt_image_20181202144655.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185835.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": "P43DT7H27S", "eva_time": "PT23H16M", "age": 69, "date_of_birth": "1956-05-04", "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": "Michael Landon Gernhardt is a NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Gernhardt", "last_flight": "2001-07-12T09:03:59Z", "first_flight": "1995-09-07T15:09:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 515, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/515/?format=api", "name": "Stephanie Wilson", "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": 467, "name": "[AUTO] Stephanie Wilson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stephanie_wilso_image_20201214164451.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185929.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": "P42DT23H45M24S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 58, "date_of_birth": "1966-09-27", "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": "Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison. Her 42 days in space are the most of any African American astronaut, male or female.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Wilson", "last_flight": "2010-04-05T10:21:22Z", "first_flight": "2006-07-04T18:37:55Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 2, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/2/?format=api", "name": "Claude Nicollier", "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": 328, "name": "[AUTO] Claude Nicollier - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/claude2520nicollier_image_20181127203218.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185551.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": "P42DT12H3M12S", "eva_time": "PT8H10M", "age": 80, "date_of_birth": "1944-09-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 8, "name": "Switzerland", "alpha_2_code": "CH", "alpha_3_code": "CHE", "nationality_name": "Swiss", "nationality_name_composed": "Swiss" } ], "bio": "Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope (called STS-61 and STS-103). During his final spaceflight he participated in a spacewalk, becoming the first European Space Agency astronaut to do so during a Space Shuttle mission. In 2000 he was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston. Nicollier retired from ESA in April 2007.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nicollier", "last_flight": "1999-12-20T00:50:00Z", "first_flight": "1992-07-31T13:56:48Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 196, "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/Astroclaude" } ], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 427, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/427/?format=api", "name": "Terrence W. Wilcutt", "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": 852, "name": "[AUTO] Terrence W. Wilcutt - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/terrence2520w.2520wilcutt_image_20181202142456.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190940.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": "P42DT2M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 75, "date_of_birth": "1949-10-31", "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": "Terrence Wade Wilcutt is a United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. Wilcutt is currently the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance, Johnson Space Center.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_W._Wilcutt", "last_flight": "2000-09-08T12:45:47Z", "first_flight": "1994-09-30T11:16:01Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 442, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/442/?format=api", "name": "Brent W. Jett Jr.", "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": 322, "name": "[AUTO] Brent W. Jett Jr. - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/brent_w._jett_j_image_20220911034141.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185539.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": "P41DT18H22S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1958-10-05", "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": "Brent Ward Jett Jr. is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_W._Jett_Jr.", "last_flight": "2006-09-09T15:14:55Z", "first_flight": "1996-01-11T09:41:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 431, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/431/?format=api", "name": "Nancy J. Currie-Gregg", "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": 714, "name": "[AUTO] Nancy J. 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Currie-Gregg has served in the United States Army for over 22 years and holds the rank of colonel. With NASA, she has participated in four space shuttle missions: STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, and STS109, accruing 1,000 hours in space. She currently holds an appointment as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_J._Currie-Gregg", "last_flight": "2002-03-01T11:22:02Z", "first_flight": "1993-06-21T13:07:22Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 166, "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_Buckeye" } ], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 493, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/493/?format=api", "name": "Mark L. Polansky", "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": 254, "name": "[AUTO] Mark L. Polansky - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark_l._polansk_image_20220911034220.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185340.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": "P41DT10H49M13S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-06-02", "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 Lewis \"Roman\" Polansky is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut. Polansky received the nickname \"Roman\" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-98, STS-116, and STS-127.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky", "last_flight": "2009-07-15T22:03:10Z", "first_flight": "2001-02-07T23:13:02Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 99, "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_127" } ], "flights_count": 3, "landings_count": 3, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 435, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/435/?format=api", "name": "Ellen Ochoa", "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": 300, "name": "[AUTO] Ellen Ochoa - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ellen_ochoa_image_20220911033543.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185457.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": "P40DT19H35M16S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1958-05-10", "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": "Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. In 1993 Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ochoa", "last_flight": "2002-04-08T20:44:19Z", "first_flight": "1993-04-08T05:29:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 142, "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_Ellen" } ], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
