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Gennady Padalka
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)

Gennady Padalka

RussiaFORMERGovernment1998–2015
5
FLIGHTS
SPACEFLIGHTS
67
YEARS
AGE

Gennady Padalka is a former astronaut from Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS). 5 spaceflights.

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Гeннадий Иванович Падалка; born 21 June 1958 in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian Air Force officer and an RKA cosmonaut. Padalka currently has the world record for the most time spent in space, having spent 879 days in space, more than any other person. He worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.

NationalityRussia
BornJune 21, 1958
AgencyRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
TypeGovernment
StatusFormer
First FlightAugust 13, 1998
Last FlightMarch 27, 2015