Padalka

Gennadi Ivanovich

USSR/CIS

International order nº: 384

Russian cosm. nº: 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
Padalka

Handsigned spacesuit portrait


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
09:43:11 UT		 CDR
PE-26/MIR		 Soyuz TM-28 28 Feb 1999
02:14:30 UT		 198d 16h 31m 19s
2 Soyuz TMA-4 19 Apr 2004
03:19 UT		 ISS-CDR
Cdr/PE-9/ISS		 Soyuz TMA-4 24 Oct 2004
00:36 UT		 187d 21h 17m
3 Soyuz TMA-14 26 Mar 2009
11:49 UT		 ISS-CDR
Exp 19/20		 Soyuz TMA-14 11 Oct 2009
04:32 UT		 198d 16h 42m
4 Soyuz TMA-04M 15 May 2012
03:01 UT		 ISS-CDR
Exp 31/32		 Soyuz TMA-04M 17 Sept 2012
02:53 UT		 124d 23h 52m
5 Soyuz TMA-16M 27 Mar 2015
19:42:58 UT		 Cdr - ISS Exp. Soyuz TMA-16M 12 Sep 2015
0:51:34 UT		 168d 05h 08m 36s
Total duration: 878d 11h 30m 55s

EVA′s:

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

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Description Date
1  Soyuz TM-26  Cmd  
2  STS-108  ISS-Cmd  
3  Soyuz TMA-34  Cmd  
4  Soyuz TMA-13  Cmd  Oct 2008
5  Soyuz TMA-22  Cmd  Nov 2011
6  Soyuz TMA-14M  Cmd, ISS Exp.41/42  25 Sep 2014

Personal patch:

Patch Padalka

Credit: spacepatches.nl


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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