Gennady Padalka
- January 5, 2024
- Astronaut
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Gennady Padalka |
| Occupation | Astronaut |
| Date Of Birth | Jun 21, 1958(1958-06-21) |
| Age | 66 |
| Birthplace | Krasnodar |
| Country | Russia |
| Birth City | Krasnodar Krai |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Gennady Padalka Biography
| Name | Gennady Padalka |
| Birthday | Jun 21 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Krasnodar |
| Home Town | Krasnodar Krai |
| Birth Country | Russia |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Parents | Valentina Mefodievna Padalka, Ivan Vasilievich Padalka |
| Spouse | Irina Anatoliyevna Padalka |
| Children(s) | Sonya Padalka, Yuliya Padalka, Yekaterina Padalka |
Gennady Padalka is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on June 21, 1958 in Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Astronaut, who in 2012 was fourth in record time in space. 710 days.
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Padalka graduated from Yeysk Military Aviation College in 1979. After graduation, he served as a pilot and later a senior pilot in the Russian Air Force, eventually attaining the rank of colonel. He has logged 1500 flight hours in six types of aircraft as a First Class Pilot in the Russian Air Force. In addition, he has performed more than 300 parachute jumps as an Instructor of General Parachute Training. Padalka also worked as an engineer- ecologist at the UNESCO International Center of Instruction Systems until
- He is an investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity Project, a US Government funded study investigating strategies for applying diagnostic telemedicine to space.
Gennady Padalka was selected as a cosmonaut candidate to start training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 1989. From June 1989 to January 1991, he attended basic space training and in 1991 was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. In April 2017, it was announced that Padalka had filed his resignation from the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps. Padalka himself explained his decision by the fact that he has only a small chance to join any space mission in the near future. “I had to resign. I am tired of doing nothing. There are no prospects that I will fly [to the International Space Station (ISS)],” he told TASS, explaining his decision.
He got married and had three daughters.
Gennady Padalka Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Astronaut |
| House | Living in own house. |
Gennady Padalka is one of the richest Astronaut from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gennady Padalka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was First Class Pilot with the Russian Air Force.
He’s been on space missions for both Mir Space Station and the International Space Station, and in 2012, he led the ninth time a spacewalk.
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.
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Who is Gennady Padalka Dating?
According to our records, Gennady Padalka married to Irina Anatoliyevna Padalka. As of December 1, 2023, Gennady Padalka’s is not dating anyone.
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Padalka completed his sixth career spacewalk on 3 September 2004 when he and Mike Fincke ventured out into space. The spacewalk took place outside the Zvezda module. Padalka and Fincke began the spacewalk at 16:43 GMT, after emerging from the Pirs airlock. On the Zarya module, the two spacewalkers replaced a pump control panel that measures the module’s coolant levels. They also installed three communications antennas at its aft end of the Zvezda module. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 21 minutes.
Facts & Trivia
Gennady Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Gennady Padalka celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.
On 30 June 2004 Padalka performed his fourth spacewalk along with astronaut Michael Fincke. The duo successfully repaired a faulty circuit breaker on the space station an hour ahead of schedule. During their repair job, the two spacewalkers replaced a failed device called a remote power control module (RPCM) that had cut off power to its gyroscope. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 40 minutes.
When did Gennady Padalka go to space?
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka
Total EVA time| 38 hours and 37 minutes
What is Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka famous for?
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka holds the record for time spent in space , with 879 cumulative days logged from 1998 to 2015.
Where was Gennady Padalka born?
Krasnodar, Russia
Who is the first person to get married in space?
Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva , who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.
Who spent the most time on the ISS?
Before Vande Hei’s long stay in space, the longest spaceflight by an American was held by Scott Kelly , who spent 340 days at the ISS in 2015–16. However. Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov spent 437 days on the Mir space station from 1994 and 1995 still holds the record for the longest time a person has stayed in space.