Gennady Padalka | |
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![]() Padalka at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in March 2015 | |
Born | Gennady Ivanovich Padalka 21 June 1958 |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Yeysk Military Aviation College |
Occupation | Pilot |
Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Rank | ![]() |
Time in space | 878d 11h 31min |
Selection | 1989 Cosmonaut Group |
Total EVAs | 10 |
Total EVA time | 38 hours and 37 minutes |
Missions | Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TMA-4 (Expedition 9), Soyuz TMA-14 (Expedition 19/20), Soyuz TMA-04M (Expedition 31/32), Soyuz TMA-16M (Expedition 43/44) |
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Retirement | April 2017 |
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Гeнна́дий Ива́нович Па́далка; born 21 June 1958 in Krasnodar, Soviet Union) is a Russian Air Force officer and Roscosmos cosmonaut. Padalka held the world record for the most time spent in space at 878 days until Oleg Kononenko broke this record on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC and is currently at 2nd position.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.