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=670&ordering=-landings_count
{ "count": 807, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=680&ordering=-landings_count", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=660&ordering=-landings_count", "results": [ { "id": 836, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/836/?format=api", "name": "Jannicke Mikkelsen", "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": 2360, "name": "Jannicke Mikkelsen", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jannicke_mikkel_image_20250329173033.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jannicke_mikkel_image_thumbnail_20250329173034.jpeg", "credit": "SpaceX", "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": "P3DT14H32M38S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 38, "date_of_birth": "1986-06-08", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 49, "name": "Norway", "alpha_2_code": "NO", "alpha_3_code": "NOR", "nationality_name": "Norwegian", "nationality_name_composed": "Norwegian" }, { "id": 10, "name": "United Kingdom", "alpha_2_code": "GB", "alpha_3_code": "GBR", "nationality_name": "British", "nationality_name_composed": "Brito" } ], "bio": "Jannicke Jane Mikkelsen is a Norwegian cinematographer and film director who has worked in the field of virtual reality (VR) cinematography, 3D animation and augmented reality technology, focusing on fringe technology and combining traditional film production with new technologies for films shot in remote areas.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannicke_Mikkelsen", "last_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "first_flight": "2025-04-01T01:46:50Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 824, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/824/?format=api", "name": "Elaine Chia Hyde", "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": "PT10M8S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 69, "name": "Singapore", "alpha_2_code": "SG", "alpha_3_code": "SGP", "nationality_name": "Singaporean", "nationality_name_composed": "Singaporean" } ], "bio": "Elaine is an entrepreneur, physicist, and pilot. She is the founder of Chicago Star, a news and media company, and Eastside Enterprises, a research and development company focused on AI-assisted media products. Elaine was born in Singapore and grew up in Australia.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-02-25T15:49:11Z", "first_flight": "2025-02-25T15:49:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 529, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/529/?format=api", "name": "Stanley G. Love", "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": 447, "name": "[AUTO] Stanley G. Love - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stanley_g._love_image_20220911033728.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185857.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": "P12DT18H21M30S", "eva_time": "PT15H23M", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-08", "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": "Stanley Glen Love, Ph.D. is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut from Oregon.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_G._Love", "last_flight": "2008-02-07T19:45:30Z", "first_flight": "2008-02-07T19:45:30Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 795, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/795/?format=api", "name": "Gopi Thotakura", "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": "PT9M53S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "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": "Gopi is a pilot and aviator who learned how to fly before he could drive. He’s co-founder of Preserve Life Corp, a global center for holistic wellness and applied health located near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In addition to flying jets commercially, Gopi pilots bush, aerobatic, and seaplanes, as well as gliders and hot air balloons, and has served as an international medical jet pilot. A lifelong traveler, his most recent adventure took him to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Gopi is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2024-05-19T14:35:09Z", "first_flight": "2024-05-19T14:35:09Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 214, "social_media": { "id": 4, "name": "LinkedIn", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/", "logo": { "id": 2321, "name": "LinkedIn logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/linkedin_logo_image_20250211191111.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/linkedin_logo_image_thumbnail_20250211191112.png", "credit": "LinkedIn", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopi-thotakura-7688a24a/?originalSubdomain=ae" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 297, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/297/?format=api", "name": "Zhang Xiaoguang", "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": 807, "name": "[AUTO] Zhang Xiaoguang - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang2520xiaoguang_image_20181201232412.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190829.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": "P14DT14H28M58S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1966-05-01", "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": "Zhang Xiaoguang is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.\r\n\r\nHe was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaoguang", "last_flight": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "first_flight": "2013-06-11T09:38:02Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 137, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/137/?format=api", "name": "José Hernández", "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": 534, "name": "[AUTO] José Hernández - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/jos25c325a92520hern25c325a1ndez_image_20181129205354.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190112.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": "P13DT20H53M23S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 62, "date_of_birth": "1962-09-07", "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": "José Moreno Hernández is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. After three years and being turned down eleven times for astronaut training by NASA, Hernández was selected in May 2004. Hernández was assigned to the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-128.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_M._Hernández", "last_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "first_flight": "2009-08-29T03:59:37Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 780, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/780/?format=api", "name": "Kellie Gerardi", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1078, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1078/?format=api", "name": "International Institute for Aeronautical Sciences", "abbrev": "IIAS", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" } }, "image": { "id": 468, "name": "[AUTO] Kellie Gerardi - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kellie_gerardi_image_20231019173010.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185931.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": "PT16M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 36, "date_of_birth": "1989-02-16", "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": "Kellie Gerardi is an American aerospace, defense, and technology professional and a popular science communicator.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Gerardi", "last_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "first_flight": "2023-11-02T15:44:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 94, "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/kelliegerardi" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 786, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/786/?format=api", "name": "Lina Borozdina", "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": 707, "name": "[AUTO] Lina Borozdina - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/lina_borozdina_image_20240226160801.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190548.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": "PT13M55S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": null, "date_of_birth": null, "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 12, "name": "Ukraine", "alpha_2_code": "UA", "alpha_3_code": "UKR", "nationality_name": "Ukrainian", "nationality_name_composed": "Ukro" } ], "bio": "As a child in Odessa, Ukraine, Lina Borozdina’s dad would tell her bedtime stories about her cousin and her sneaking onto a spaceship as stowaways to go on space adventures. By age 6, she already knew all the constellations and their associated mythology. “It was all about space for me,” she says. “I didn’t get Cinderella stories.” Flying aboard ‘Galactic 06’ is a dream come true for Lina, and she knows her father, Yuri Borozdin, who still lives in Odessa, is deeply proud of her achievements. A scientist, chemist and breast cancer survivor, Lina was thrilled to see “our fragile blue planet in the infinite vacuum of space. You can’t see wars or suffering from above. Just the beauty of our planet.” Her spacesuit displays the Ukraine and USA flags and breast cancer ribbon. Onboard, she carried personal photos, a small childhood possession and items from her close friends.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2024-01-26T17:42:05Z", "first_flight": "2024-01-26T17:42:05Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 46, "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/redplanet2000/?hl=de" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 623, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/623/?format=api", "name": "Dennis Tito", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": null, "image": null, "response_mode": "normal", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Non-Astronaut Passenger" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P8DT14M40S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 84, "date_of_birth": "1940-08-08", "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": "Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and multimillionaire, most widely known as the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space. In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station.", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2001-04-28T07:37:20Z", "first_flight": "2001-04-28T07:37:20Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 350, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/350/?format=api", "name": "Anna Lee Fisher", "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": 214, "name": "[AUTO] Anna Lee Fisher - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/anna_lee_fisher_image_20220911034100.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185232.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": "P7DT23H44M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 75, "date_of_birth": "1949-08-24", "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": "Anna Lee Fisher (née Tingle) is an American chemist, emergency physician, and a former NASA astronaut. Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space.[4] Fisher was formerly the oldest active American astronaut.[5] During her career at NASA, she has been involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion project.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lee_Fisher", "last_flight": "1984-11-08T12:15:00Z", "first_flight": "1984-11-08T12:15:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
