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Gennady Padalka
ISS Expedition 19/20 Commander
Padalka is a Colonel of the Russian Air Force and
Test Cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut
Training Centre. Born in 1958, he is married with three daughters.
he is a veteran of
two long-duration space missions: as Commander
of the Mir Expedition 26 (August 98 – February
99) and ISS Expedition 9 (April – October 2004)
crews.
During the latter mission he performed four
spacewalks. Padalka is a First Class Pilot and an
Instructor of General Parachute Training.
He was launched to the ISS on Soyuz TMA-14 on 26 March 2009
together with Michael Barratt and spaceflight
participant Charles Simonyi. He is also scheduled
to return on Soyuz TMA-14 in October.
Biography on NASA website »»
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