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Gennady Padalka | |
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_(cropped).jpg) 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 |  Colonel, Russian Air Force |
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) |
Mission insignia |          |
| 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.
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- ^ "One American, Two Russians Blast Off in Russian Spacecraft to International Space Station". Voice of America. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ He has been the Commander of the ISS on 4 occasions. Cheng, Kenneth (27 March 2015). "Breaking Space Records". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Thompson, Curtiss (29 June 2015). "Russian Cosmonaut Sets Record For Most Time Spent In Space". Penny4NASA. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Russian astronaut record-breaker Padalka returns to Earth, BBC News, 12 September 2015
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