Gennady Padalka

Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut · Russia · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1958 · age 68

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka is a Russian Air Force officer and Roscosmos cosmonaut. Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) four times.

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2014Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd classAward2012NASA Distinguished Public Service MedalAwardNASA Space Flight MedalAward2011Commander of the Order of the CrownAwardMedal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Award2010Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd classAward2009NASA Distinguished Public Service MedalAwardNASA Space Flight MedalAward2005Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward1999Hero of the Russian FederationAwardPilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian FederationAward1958Born21 June 1958

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Expedition 9 commander Gennady Padalka inside the Zvezda module of the ISS.

Expedition 20 commander Gennady Padalka inside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the Space Station with the PK-3 Plus laboratory.

Padalka with his Orlan spacesuit in the Pirs Docking Compartment.

Gennady Padalka participates in a spacewalk to move the Strela-2 cargo boom from the Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya module in August 2012.

Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander participates in a session of EVA on 20 August 2012.

Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class2014

NASA Space Flight Medal2012

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal2012

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"2011

Commander of the Order of the Crown2011

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class2010

NASA Space Flight Medal2009

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal2009

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class2005

Hero of the Russian Federation1999

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation1999

Russian government prize for science and technology

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

Ministerial Awards of the Russian Federation

Medal for International Astronautical Cooperation

Order of the Crown

Dostyk Order of grade II

Honorary citizen of Krasnodar

About this person

He previously held the record for the most time spent in space at 878 days until Oleg Kononenko broke this record on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC and is currently at 2nd position. He worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.

Country

Russia