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=40&ordering=-flights_count
{ "count": 824, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=50&ordering=-flights_count", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=30&ordering=-flights_count", "results": [ { "id": 305, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/305/?format=api", "name": "Joe Engle", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 479, "name": "[AUTO] Joe Engle - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/joe2520engle_image_20181202090904.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185948.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": "P9DT8H59M59S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 91, "date_of_birth": "1932-08-26", "date_of_death": "2024-07-10", "nationality": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer, and a NASA astronaut.\r\n\r\nEngle test-flew the joint NASA-Air Force X-15 rocket airplane. During the course of testing, Engle earned his USAF Astronaut Wings, a Distinguished Flying Cross and other awards. Engle was selected by NASA in 1966 for the Apollo program, and was originally scheduled to land on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 17, but was bumped when later flights were cancelled, so that geologist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt could fly.\r\n\r\nHe subsequently became one of the first astronauts in the Space Shuttle program, having flight tested the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977. He was Commander of the second orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Engle", "last_flight": "1985-08-27T10:58:01Z", "first_flight": "1965-06-29T18:21:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 513, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/513/?format=api", "name": "Peggy Whitson", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1022, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1022/?format=api", "name": "Axiom Space", "abbrev": "AXS", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" } }, "image": { "id": 821, "name": "[AUTO] Peggy Whitson - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/peggy_whitson_image_20210210144848.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190851.jpeg", "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": "P695DT6H50M18S", "eva_time": "P2DT12H25M", "age": 65, "date_of_birth": "1960-02-09", "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": "Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. Her second mission launched October 10, 2007, as the first female commander of the ISS with Expedition 16. She was on her third long-duration space flight and was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 51, before handing over command to Fyodor Yurchikhin on June 1, 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson", "last_flight": "2025-06-25T06:31:52Z", "first_flight": "2002-06-05T21:22:49Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 32, "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/AstroPeggy" }, { "id": 33, "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/astro_peggy/" } ], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 10 }, { "id": 294, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/294/?format=api", "name": "Fyodor Yurchikhin", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 500, "name": "[AUTO] Fyodor Yurchikhin - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/fyodor2520yurchikhin_image_20181201232049.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190020.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": "P672DT20H39M32S", "eva_time": "P2DT11H27M", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1959-01-03", "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": "Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin (Russian: Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek: Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959), is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mission STS-112. His second was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 15; for this mission he was launched in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He has undertaken two further long-duration stays aboard the ISS, as a crew member of Expedition 24 / 25. For this mission he was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, and he landed in November 2010, also with the TMA-19 spacecraft. He served as Soyuz Commander for his fourth mission aboard Soyuz TMA-09M, as Flight Engineer for Expedition 36 and ISS Commander for Expedition 37. In April 2017, Yurchikhin launched on Soyuz MS-04 for the fifth spaceflight of his career, a six-month mission to the ISS as part of Expedition 51 and 52, for which he was the Commander.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Yurchikhin", "last_flight": "2017-04-20T07:13:45Z", "first_flight": "2002-10-07T19:45:51Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 9 }, { "id": 409, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/409/?format=api", "name": "Ken Bowersox", "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": 788, "name": "[AUTO] Ken Bowersox - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ken_bowersox_image_20220911034246.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190759.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": "P211DT14H10M33S", "eva_time": "PT13H17M", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-11-14", "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": "Kenneth Dwane \"Sox\" Bowersox is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle launches and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he became the youngest person ever to command a Space Shuttle vehicle.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bowersox", "last_flight": "2002-11-24T00:49:47Z", "first_flight": "1992-06-25T16:12:23Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 449, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/449/?format=api", "name": "John M. Grunsfeld", "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": 829, "name": "[AUTO] John M. Grunsfeld - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520m.2520grunsfeld_image_20181202144850.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190903.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": "P58DT15H3M26S", "eva_time": "P2DT10H30M", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1958-10-10", "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": "John Mace Grunsfeld is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist. His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray physics and the emerging field of exoplanet studies with specific interest in future astronomical instrumentation. After retiring from NASA in 2009, he served as the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In January 2012, he returned to NASA and served as associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Grunsfeld announced his retirement from NASA in April 2016.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Grunsfeld", "last_flight": "2009-05-11T18:01:56Z", "first_flight": "1995-03-02T06:38:13Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 85, "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/SciAstro" } ], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 8 }, { "id": 285, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/285/?format=api", "name": "Koichi Wakata", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 770, "name": "[AUTO] Koichi Wakata - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/koichi2520wakata_image_20181201225047.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190732.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": "P504DT18H31M45S", "eva_time": "PT14H2M", "age": 62, "date_of_birth": "1963-08-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 28, "name": "Japan", "alpha_2_code": "JP", "alpha_3_code": "JPN", "nationality_name": "Japanese", "nationality_name_composed": "Nippo" } ], "bio": "Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two-decade career in spaceflight, he has logged more than eleven months in space. During Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Wakata flew on the Soyuz TMA-11M/Expedition 38/Expedition 39 long duration spaceflight from 7 November 2013 to 13 May 2014. During this spaceflight he was accompanied by Kirobo, the first humanoid robot astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata", "last_flight": "2022-10-05T16:00:57Z", "first_flight": "1996-01-11T09:41:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 421, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/421/?format=api", "name": "James S. Voss", "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": 588, "name": "[AUTO] James S. Voss - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/james2520s.2520voss_image_20181202141642.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190239.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": "P203DT5H27M41S", "eva_time": "PT22H45M", "age": 76, "date_of_birth": "1949-03-03", "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 Shelton Voss is a retired United States Army Colonel and NASA astronaut. During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He also served as deputy of Flight Operations for the Space Station Program Mission Integration and Operations Office. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, he and Susan Helms conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the longest to date.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Voss", "last_flight": "2001-03-08T11:42:09Z", "first_flight": "1991-11-24T23:44:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 5, "landings_count": 5, "spacewalks_count": 4 }, { "id": 441, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/441/?format=api", "name": "Janice E. Voss", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "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": 264, "name": "[AUTO] Janice E. 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