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=700&ordering=-landings_count
{ "count": 807, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=710&ordering=-landings_count", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/?format=api&limit=10&offset=690&ordering=-landings_count", "results": [ { "id": 138, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/138/?format=api", "name": "John Herrington", "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": 687, "name": "[AUTO] John Herrington - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/john2520herrington_image_20181129205503.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190515.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": "P13DT18H48M13S", "eva_time": "PT19H55M", "age": 66, "date_of_birth": "1958-09-14", "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": "John Bennett Herrington is a retired United States Naval Aviator and former NASA astronaut. In 2002, Herrington became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herrington", "last_flight": "2002-11-24T00:49:47Z", "first_flight": "2002-11-24T00:49:47Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 3 }, { "id": 418, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/418/?format=api", "name": "Mae Jemison", "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": 501, "name": "[AUTO] Mae Jemison - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mae_jemison_image_20220911033619.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190022.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": "P7DT22H30M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 68, "date_of_birth": "1956-10-17", "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": "Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. After medical school and a brief general practice, Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985 until 1987, when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to found a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She has appeared on television several times, including as an actress in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is a dancer and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities. She is the current principal of the 100 Year Starship organization.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison", "last_flight": "1992-09-12T14:23:00Z", "first_flight": "1992-09-12T14:23:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 1, "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/maejemison" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 109, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/109/?format=api", "name": "Reinhard Furrer", "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 29, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/29/?format=api", "name": "German Aerospace Center", "abbrev": "DLR", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 351, "name": "[AUTO] Reinhard Furrer - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/reinhard2520furrer_image_20181128231842.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185627.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": "P7DT44M", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 54, "date_of_birth": "1940-11-25", "date_of_death": "1995-09-09", "nationality": [ { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" } ], "bio": "Prof. Dr. Reinhard Alfred Furrer (25 November 1940 – 9 September 1995) was a German physicist and astronaut.\r\n\r\nIn 1977 Furrer applied for selection as an astronaut for the first Spacelab mission. He made it into the final round of candidates, although Ulf Merbold was finally selected. In 1982, the astronauts for the first German Spacelab mission were selected from the finalists for the first mission, and Furrer was one of the two chosen. He was a payload specialist on STS-61-A (D1), which was launched on 30 October 1985. The other payload specialists on the flight were Ernst Messerschmid and Wubbo Ockels (Netherlands).", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Furrer", "last_flight": "1985-10-30T17:00:00Z", "first_flight": "1985-10-30T17:00:00Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 733, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/733/?format=api", "name": "Nikolai Chub", "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": 432, "name": "[AUTO] Nikolai Chub - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/nikolai_chub_image_20230913074136.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185834.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": "P373DT20H14M25S", "eva_time": "PT12H17M", "age": 40, "date_of_birth": "1984-06-10", "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": "Nikolai Aleksandrovich Chub (Николай Александрович Чуб) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected to cosmonaut corps in 2012.\r\n\r\nISS-69 expedition will be the first spaceflight for Chub.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Chub", "last_flight": "2023-09-15T15:44:35Z", "first_flight": "2023-09-15T15:44:35Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 2 }, { "id": 656, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/656/?format=api", "name": "Mark Pathy", "status": { "id": 14, "name": "Occasional Spaceflight" }, "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": 882, "name": "[AUTO] Mark Pathy - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mark_pathy_image_20220327185208.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305191031.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": "P17DT1H48M49S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 55, "date_of_birth": "1970-01-01", "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": "Mark Pathy is the CEO and chairman of Mavrik, a privately-owned investment and financing company, and is the chairman of the board of the Stingray Group, a music, media and technology company, both based in Montreal. In November 2020 he paid Axiom Space to become a space tourist on a ten day mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 1, a private crewed orbital spaceflight. The stay was extended to 17 days.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pathy", "last_flight": "2022-04-08T15:17:11Z", "first_flight": "2022-04-08T15:17:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 665, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/665/?format=api", "name": "Deng Qingming", "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": 383, "name": "[AUTO] Deng Qingming - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/deng_qingming_image_20221128080156.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185719.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": "P186DT7H24M43S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 59, "date_of_birth": "1966-03-16", "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": "Deng Qingming is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in the Jiangxi province of China. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Qingming", "last_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z", "first_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 766, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/766/?format=api", "name": "Alper Gezeravci", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1053, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1053/?format=api", "name": "Turkish Air Force", "abbrev": "TAF", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 809, "name": "[AUTO] Alper Gezeravci - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/alper_gezeravci_image_20231230181038.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190832.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": "P21DT15H40M49S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 45, "date_of_birth": "1979-12-02", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 18, "name": "Turkey", "alpha_2_code": "TR", "alpha_3_code": "TUR", "nationality_name": "Turkish", "nationality_name_composed": "Turco" } ], "bio": "Fighter pilot trained on F16, first Turkish astronaut.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alper_Gezeravc%C4%B1", "last_flight": "2024-01-18T21:49:11Z", "first_flight": "2024-01-18T21:49:11Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 819, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/819/?format=api", "name": "Emily Calandrelli", "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": 2276, "name": "Emily Calandrelli at a USAF Thunderbirds event", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/emily_calandrel_image_20241118183545.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/emily_calandrel_image_thumbnail_20241118183546.jpeg", "credit": "USAF/Thunderbirds", "license": { "id": 17, "name": "Department of Defense Image Use Policy", "priority": 6, "link": "https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations/" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "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": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "bio": "Emily Dawn Calandrelli is an American science communicator, engineer, author, and television presenter. She was the host and an executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Calandrelli", "last_flight": "2024-11-22T15:30:00Z", "first_flight": "2024-11-22T15:30:00Z", "social_media_links": [ { "id": 229, "social_media": { "id": 3, "name": "Homepage", "url": null, "logo": null }, "url": "https://www.thespacegal.com/" }, { "id": 230, "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/thespacegal/" }, { "id": 231, "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/emilycalandrelli/" }, { "id": 232, "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://x.com/TheSpaceGal" } ], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 254, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/254/?format=api", "name": "Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 43, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/43/?format=api", "name": "Malaysian National Space Agency", "abbrev": "ANGKASA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" } }, "image": { "id": 623, "name": "[AUTO] Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/sheikh2520muszaphar2520shukor_image_20181201221035.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190334.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": "P10DT21H13M21S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 52, "date_of_birth": "1972-07-27", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": [ { "id": 37, "name": "Malaysia", "alpha_2_code": "MY", "alpha_3_code": "MYS", "nationality_name": "Malaysian", "nationality_name_composed": "Malaysian" } ], "bio": "Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and the first Malaysian astronaut. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on 21 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor", "last_flight": "2007-10-10T13:22:39Z", "first_flight": "2007-10-10T13:22:39Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 }, { "id": 298, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/298/?format=api", "name": "Vitaly Zholobov", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "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": 251, "name": "[AUTO] Vitaly Zholobov - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vitaly2520zholobov_image_20181201232514.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185335.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": "P49DT6H23M32S", "eva_time": "P0D", "age": 87, "date_of_birth": "1937-06-18", "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": "Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov (Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов; born 18 June 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer.", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Zholobov", "last_flight": "1976-07-06T12:08:45Z", "first_flight": "1976-07-06T12:08:45Z", "social_media_links": [], "flights_count": 1, "landings_count": 1, "spacewalks_count": 0 } ] }
