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=660&ordering=-status
{ "count": 807, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=670&ordering=-status", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=650&ordering=-status", "results": [ { "id": 185, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/185/?format=api", "name": "Liu Yang", "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": 880, "name": "[AUTO] Liu Yang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/liu_yang_image_20220604084749.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191027.png", "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": "P195DT49M42S", "eva_time": "PT6H7M", "age": 46, "date_of_birth": "1978-10-06", "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 Yang (born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission Shenzhou 9. On June 16, 2012, Liu became the first Chinese woman in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yang_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z", "first_flight": "2012-06-16T10:37:24Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 569, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/569/?format=api", "name": "Norishige Kanai", "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": 553, "name": "[AUTO] Norishige Kanai - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/norishige2520kanai_image_20181203172829.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190144.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": "P168DT5H17M59S", "eva_time": "PT5H57M", "age": 48, "date_of_birth": "1976-12-05", "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": "Norishige Kanai, M.D. is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut.\r\n\r\nHe is a lieutenant and Diving Medical Officer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Medical Service Division, 1st Service School). He served as a crew member on board the International Space Station for Expedition 54/55, and returned to Earth on June 3 2018.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norishige_Kanai", "last_flight": "2017-12-17T07:21:01Z", "first_flight": "2017-12-17T07:21:01Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 106, "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_Kanai" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 1 }, { "id": 581, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/581/?format=api", "name": "Francisco Rubio", "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": 456, "name": "[AUTO] Francisco Rubio - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/francisco2520rubio_image_20200110161546.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185911.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": "P370DT21H22M11S", "eva_time": "PT21H24M", "age": 48, "date_of_birth": "1976-12-11", "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": "Francisco Carlos Rubio is a US Army helicopter pilot, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Rubio_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2022-09-21T13:54:49Z", "first_flight": "2022-09-21T13:54:49Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 804, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/804/?format=api", "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 31, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/31/?format=api", "name": "Indian Space Research Organization", "abbrev": "ISRO", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 2131, "name": "Shubhanshu Shukla portrait", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shubhanshu_shuk_image_20240803064210.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shubhanshu_shuk_image_thumbnail_20240803064212.jpeg", "credit": "ISRO", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P0D", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 39, "date_of_birth": "1985-10-10", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 9, "name": "India", "alpha_2_code": "IN", "alpha_3_code": "IND", "nationality_name": "Indian", "nationality_name_composed": "Indo" } ], "bio": "Indian astronaut part of the first group of the Indian domestic human spaceflight program.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": null, "first_flight": null, "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 0, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 514, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/514/?format=api", "name": "Jeffrey Williams", "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": 415, "name": "[AUTO] Jeffrey Williams - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jeffrey2520williams_image_20181203162114.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185808.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": "P534DT2H47M3S", "eva_time": "P1DT7H55M", "age": 67, "date_of_birth": "1958-01-18", "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": "Jeffrey Nels Williams is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Williams_(astronaut)", "last_flight": "2016-03-18T21:26:42Z", "first_flight": "2000-05-19T10:11:10Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 5 }, { "id": 212, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/212/?format=api", "name": "Oleg Novitskiy", "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": 449, "name": "[AUTO] Oleg Novitskiy - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/oleg2520novitskiy_image_20181201183707.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185900.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": "P545DT1H43M29S", "eva_time": "PT22H38M", "age": 53, "date_of_birth": "1971-10-12", "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": "Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy, lieutenant colonel in the Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut.\r\n\r\nNovitskiy was selected as a cosmonaut in 2006.Between February 2007 to July 2009 he completed basic spaceflight training and passed state exams with excellent grades. On August 1, 2009, he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut by the Interdepartmental Qualification Board, and between August 2009 to March 2010 he took the ISS advanced training course.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Novitskiy", "last_flight": "2024-03-23T12:36:10Z", "first_flight": "2012-10-23T10:51:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 4, "landings_count": 4, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 559, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/559/?format=api", "name": "Shannon Walker", "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": 523, "name": "[AUTO] Shannon Walker - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shannon2520walker_image_20181203171551.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190055.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": "P330DT13H40M24S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-04", "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": "Shannon Walker is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, whose first space mission was Expedition 24 on the International Space Station with take-off on 15 June 2010.She is married to a fellow NASA astronaut, the Australian-born Andy Thomas. She is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Walker", "last_flight": "2020-11-16T00:27:17Z", "first_flight": "2010-06-15T21:35:19Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 2, "landings_count": 2, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 638, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/638/?format=api", "name": "Starman", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "abbrev": "SpX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" } }, "image": { "id": 593, "name": "[AUTO] Starman - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/starman_image_20190307220126.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190247.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Non-Human" }, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P2654DT5H22M1S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 17, "name": "Unknown", "alpha_2_code": "??", "alpha_3_code": "???", "nationality_name": "Earthling", "nationality_name_composed": "Earthling" } ], "bio": "\"Starman\" is a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupying the driver's seat of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, launched to an heliocentric orbit on Falcon Heavy's inaugural launch.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster", "last_flight": "2018-02-06T20:45:00Z", "first_flight": "2018-02-06T20:45:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 95, "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/Tesla_Starman" }, { "id": 96, "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/starman_by_spacex/" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 0, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 762, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/762/?format=api", "name": "Christopher Huie", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "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": 782, "name": "[AUTO] Christopher Huie - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/christopher_hui_image_20230508161156.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190750.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": "PT14M", "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": "Aerospace engineer, senior manager of Virgin Galactic's Flight Sciences Engineering team.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2023-05-25T16:23:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-05-25T16:23:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 225, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/225/?format=api", "name": "Marcos Pontes", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/12/?format=api", "name": "Brazilian Space Agency", "abbrev": "AEB", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 924, "name": "[AUTO] Marcos Pontes - 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He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched into the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Pontes", "last_flight": "2006-03-30T02:30:20Z", "first_flight": "2006-03-30T02:30:20Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
