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Gennady Padalka

Soviet Union and Russia

Gennady Padalka is a Russian cosmonaut who holds the record for the most cumulative time spent in space by any human, with 878 days accumulated across five long-duration missions to the Mir space station and the International Space Station. He commanded several of his missions and performed multiple spacewalks during his career, which spanned more than fifteen years of active spaceflight service.

Facts
Birth Date
1958-06-21 3
Birth Year
1958 3
Nationality
Russian 3
Notable Mission
Soyuz TM-28 (Mir EO-26) 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1989 2
Connections

Associated With

Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Gennady Padalka - Wikipedia

Operated By

Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Gennady Padalka - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Russia

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Soviet Union

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Gennady Padalka (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Gennady Padalka lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Gennady Padalka - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1958-06-21
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    21 June 1958
  • Introduction, first sentence, description
    a Russian Air Force officer
  • Infobox, missions
    Soyuz TM-28 (Mir EO-26)
  • Gennady Padalka, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) four times.
  • Operated By: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Гeнна́дий Ива́нович Па́далка; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian Air Force officer and retired Roscosmos cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Гeнна́дий Ива́нович Па́далка; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian Air Force officer and retired Roscosmos cosmonaut.
  • In Group: Mir and Space Station Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) four times.
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Wikidata: Gennady Padalka
Wikidata Q362998, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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