Gennady PadalkaStatus: Retired 6/21/1958 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government First Flight: 8/13/1998 Last Flight: 3/27/2015Gennady 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.LaunchesSoyuz-U | Soyuz TM-28Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-4Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-14Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-04MSoyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-16MRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Type: Government Abbreviation: RFSA Administration: Administrator: Dmitry Rogozin Founded: 1992 Launchers: Soyuz Spacecraft: Soyuz Country: RUSThe Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.