Status: Retired
6/21/1958 –
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 8/13/1998
Last Flight: 3/27/2015
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.
Launches
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-28
- Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-4
- Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-14
- Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-04M
- Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-16M
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RFSA
Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
Founded: 1992
Launchers: Soyuz
Spacecraft: Soyuz
Country: RUS
The 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.
