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

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=450&ordering=-flights_count
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "count": 807,
    "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=460&ordering=-flights_count",
    "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=440&ordering=-flights_count",
    "results": [
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            "id": 693,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/693/?format=api",
            "name": "William J. Knight",
            "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": 505,
                "name": "[AUTO] William J. Knight - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/william_j._knig_image_20210801072759.jpg",
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                "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": "PT10M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 74,
            "date_of_birth": "1929-11-18",
            "date_of_death": "2004-05-07",
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "name": "United States of America",
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                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "William John \"Pete\" Knight was an American aeronautical engineer, politician, Vietnam War combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles altitude on Flight 190.",
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            "last_flight": "1967-10-17T17:40:00Z",
            "first_flight": "1967-10-17T17:40:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 737,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/737/?format=api",
            "name": "Clint Kelly III",
            "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": 509,
                "name": "[AUTO] Clint Kelly III - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/clint_kelly_iii_image_20220911034431.jpeg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190034.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": "PT10M20S",
            "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": "Clint managed research and technology programs focused primarily on computer science and robotics while in government and in industry. In 1984, he started the Autonomous Land Vehicle project while at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contributing to the development of the technology used in driverless cars.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2022-08-04T13:56:07Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-08-04T13:56:07Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 755,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/755/?format=api",
            "name": "Alexander Grebenkin",
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                "id": 3,
                "name": "In-Training"
            },
            "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": {
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                "name": "[AUTO] Alexander Grebenkin - image",
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                "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": "P235DT3H35M24S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 42,
            "date_of_birth": "1982-07-15",
            "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": "Alexander Grebenkin is a Russian cosmonaut with a background in radio communications engineering.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-03-04T03:53:38Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-03-04T03:53:38Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 802,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/802/?format=api",
            "name": "Giorgio Manenti",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 1024,
                "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api",
                "name": "Virgin Galactic",
                "abbrev": "VG",
                "type": {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Private"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 2109,
                "name": "Giorgio Manenti Portrait",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/giorgio_manenti_image_20240609071751.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/giorgio_manenti_image_thumbnail_20240609071752.png",
                "credit": "Virgin Galactic",
                "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": "PT15M",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 3,
                    "name": "Italy",
                    "alpha_2_code": "IT",
                    "alpha_3_code": "ITA",
                    "nationality_name": "Italian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Italo"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Passenger on Virgin Galactic's seventh commercial spaceflight.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 797,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/797/?format=api",
            "name": "Guangsu Li",
            "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": 2080,
                "name": "Guangsu Li",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guangsu_li_image_20240427164223.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/guangsu_li_image_thumbnail_20240427164223.jpeg",
                "credit": "CASC",
                "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": "P192DT4H25M27S",
            "eva_time": "PT8H23M",
            "age": 37,
            "date_of_birth": "1987-07-01",
            "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": "Li Guangsu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2011.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-04-25T12:59:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 1
        },
        {
            "id": 800,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/800/?format=api",
            "name": "Andy Sadhwani",
            "status": {
                "id": 14,
                "name": "Occasional Spaceflight"
            },
            "agency": {
                "response_mode": "list",
                "id": 1024,
                "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1024/?format=api",
                "name": "Virgin Galactic",
                "abbrev": "VG",
                "type": {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Private"
                }
            },
            "image": {
                "id": 2111,
                "name": "Andy Sadhwani Portrait",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andy_sadhwani_p_image_20240609071856.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/andy_sadhwani_p_image_thumbnail_20240609071857.png",
                "credit": "Virgin Galactic",
                "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": "PT15M",
            "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": "SpaceX engineer and passenger on Virgin Galactic's seventh commercial spaceflight.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-06-08T15:26:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
            "flights_count": 1,
            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 811,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/811/?format=api",
            "name": "Eiman Jahangir",
            "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": {
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                "name": "Eiman Jahangir",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eiman_jahangir_image_20240828203209.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eiman_jahangir_image_thumbnail_20240828203209.jpeg",
                "credit": "Vanderbilt University Medical Center",
                "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": "PT10M8S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
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                    "name": "United States of America",
                    "alpha_2_code": "US",
                    "alpha_3_code": "USA",
                    "nationality_name": "American",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Americano"
                }
            ],
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            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-08-29T13:07:03Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-08-29T13:07:03Z",
            "social_media_links": [
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                            "name": "X logo",
                            "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/x_logo_image_20250211191027.jpg",
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                            "credit": "X",
                            "license": {
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                                "name": "Unknown",
                                "priority": 9,
                                "link": null
                            },
                            "single_use": true,
                            "variants": []
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                    },
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                {
                    "id": 223,
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                        "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/drejahangir/"
                }
            ],
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            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 803,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/803/?format=api",
            "name": "Kirill Peskov",
            "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": 2129,
                "name": "Kirill Peskov during training",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kirill_peskov_d_image_20240802063311.jpg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kirill_peskov_d_image_thumbnail_20240802063315.jpeg",
                "credit": "Roscosmos",
                "license": {
                    "id": 14,
                    "name": "Roscosmos Image Use Policy",
                    "priority": 3,
                    "link": "https://www.roscosmos.ru/22650/"
                },
                "single_use": false,
                "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": true,
            "time_in_space": "P58DT3H8M27S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": 35,
            "date_of_birth": "1990-05-01",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
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                    "name": "Russia",
                    "alpha_2_code": "RU",
                    "alpha_3_code": "RUS",
                    "nationality_name": "Russian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Russo"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Russian group 17 cosmonaut and former airline pilot.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2025-03-14T23:03:48Z",
            "first_flight": "2025-03-14T23:03:48Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 0,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
        {
            "id": 822,
            "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/822/?format=api",
            "name": "Henry Wolfond",
            "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": null,
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "type": {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "Private"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "PT10M14S",
            "eva_time": "P0D",
            "age": null,
            "date_of_birth": null,
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
                {
                    "id": 26,
                    "name": "Canada",
                    "alpha_2_code": "CA",
                    "alpha_3_code": "CAN",
                    "nationality_name": "Canadian",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Canado"
                }
            ],
            "bio": "Henry (Hank) Wolfond is Chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital in Toronto, Canada. A lifelong aviator, Henry holds an Airline Transport Pilots license for fixed wing aircraft and a Commercial Pilots License for Helicopters. He moonlights as a professional pilot on charter, medevac, and organ retrieval flights. Henry is the Chair of the Confronting Antisemitism Committee of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and currently serves on the boards of the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC), the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation (UHN Foundation), and on the Board of Governors for Hillel Ontario. Henry is also a co-founder of the Autism Acceptance Project.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-11-22T15:30:00Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-11-22T15:30:00Z",
            "social_media_links": [],
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            "landings_count": 1,
            "spacewalks_count": 0
        },
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