Padalka

Gennadi Ivanovich

USSR/CIS


International order n°: 384

Russian cosm. n°: 87


Personal data:

Birthdate:  21 Jun 1958
Birthplace:  Krasnodar / Krasnodar Kray / Russian SFSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  three
Selection date:  25 Jan 1989
Selection group:  TsPK-10
Job:  Pilot
Status:  active

Spaceflights:

Ord.
num.
Startup
spacecraft
Launch date
and time (UT)
Status
while launch
Spacecraft
of landing
Landing date
and time (UT)
Duration
1 Soyuz TM-28 13 Aug 1998
09h.43m.11s.
CDR
PE-26/MIR
Soyuz TM-28 28 Feb 1999
02h.14m.30s.
198d 16h 31m 19s
2 Soyuz TMA-4 19 Apr 2004
03h.19m.
ISS-CDR
Cdr/PE-9/ISS
Soyuz TMA-4 24 Oct 2004
00h.36m.
187d 21h 17m
3 Soyuz TMA-14 26 Mar 2009
11h 49m
ISS-CDR
Exp 19/20
Soyuz TMA-14 11 Oct 2009
04h 32m
198d 16h 42m
4 Soyuz TMA-04M 15 May 2012
03h 01m
ISS-CDR
Exp 31
Soyuz TMA-04M 17 Sept 2012
02h 53m
124d 23h 52m
Total duration: 710d 06h 22m 19s

EVA's:

Date of
beginning
Time (UT) of
beginning
Duration Explanation
Sep 15, 1998 20:00 0:30 beginning of EVA ( Padalka,  Avdeyev  ); station "Mir" 
Nov 10, 1998 19:23:50 5:56 beginning of EVA ( Padalka,  Avdeyev  ); station "Mir" 
Jun 24, 2004 21:57 0:13 beginning of EVA ( Padalka,  Fincke   ); expedition ISS-9. The 9th EVA from airlock Pirs.
Jun 30, 2004 21:19 5:40 beginning of EVA ( Padalka,  Fincke   ); expedition ISS-9. The 10th EVA from airlock Pirs.
Aug 03, 2004 06:58 4:30 beginning of EVA ( Padalka,  Fincke   ); expedition ISS-9. The 11th EVA from airlock Pirs.
Total: 16h.47m. EVAs: 5

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Description Date
1  Soyuz TMA-13  Cmd  Oct 2008
2  Soyuz TMA-22  Cmd  Nov 2011


Additional information

Graduated from Yeysk Military pilot's school with a pilot-engineer's degree, 1979; graduated from UNESCO International Teaching System Center, Moscow, as engineer-ecologist, 1994; pilot in Russian Air Forces; was selected as cosmonaut on 25.01.1989 (TsPK-10); OKP: 7/89 - 1/91; hobbies: Parachute sports, theatre.

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