Padalka Gennady Ivanovich - eighty ninthRussian cosmonaut. In the world ranking takes 384th place. Gennady Ivanovich is the commander of the Soyuz TM-28 spacecraft and the ISS international scientific space complex. Honored Pilot-Cosmonaut of Russia. Awarded many medals and orders. Laureate of the Russian Federation Prize in Engineering and Science. Member of the Board of Directors of the "Association of Space Explorers" and the board of trustees of the university (VSAU) in the city of Voronezh.
Where and when was born Padalka?
Gennady Padalka, whose biography is closelyassociated with space flight, was born on the twenty-first of June 1958 in the Kuban, in the city of Krasnodar. In an ordinary working family. His father, Ivan Vasilyevich Padalka (b. 1931), worked as a tractor driver. A mother, Valentina Metodevna (born in 1931, nee Melenchenko), worked as a cashier in a regular store
Cosmonaut Education
Gennady Padalka studied in Krasnodar, in the middleschool number 57. Graduated 10 classes in 1975. Then he entered the Military Aviation School (Briefly VVAUL) named after Komarov in the city of Yeisk. He graduated in 1979.
Then Gennady Ivanovich decided to continue his studies andentered the faculty of Aerosmoecology of the State Academy of Gas and Oil. Upon graduation in 1994, Padalka became an environmental engineer and received a master's degree.
After some time, Gennady Ivanovich entered the Russian State Academy under the President of the Russian Federation. He graduated successfully in 2007.
Military career
С 1975 г.Gennady Padalka served in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. Since 1979, he was the pilot of the 559th air regiment of fighter-bomber, 105th division, 61th guards air corps of the 16th Air Army of the Soviet troops stationed in Germany.
In 1980, Gennady Ivanovich was transferred to the pilotin 116 Guards air regiment of the same division. On April 10, 1982, he was promoted to senior pilot. From 1984 to 1989 he served in the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment, 83rd Division of the Far Eastern District.
During his military career, Padalka masteredmany models of aircraft (L-29, MiGs and Su). Total flown from 1200 to 1300 hours and made more than 300 parachute jumps. In 1989, Gennady was already in the rank of major. During the following years he was promoted to colonel.
Preparing for space flight
In 1989, Padalka became a candidate fortest cosmonauts at the Gagarin Russian State Research Center for Training. General training was held from 1989 to 1991. After that, he began training under the flight program at the Mir orbital station.
In 1996, Padalka became the commander of the 2ndbackup crew. He also commanded the main squad. From 1996 to 1997 He was prepared for space flights on Soyuz-TM and OK Mir as the head of the 2nd team on the program of the 24th expedition.
Debut space flight
Debut flight Gennady Padalka madeon the thirteenth of August 1998. And was in space until February twenty-eighth of 1999. For this period he was appointed the commander of the expedition. Start made together with S. Avdeev and Y. Baturin. The landing took place in tandem with Ivan Bella. Gennady's call sign is Altair-1.
In flight, Gennady once went toopen space (duration - five hours 54 minutes) and “closed” (work in the “Spectrum” module for half an hour). The entire flight lasted for 198 days 16 hours 31 minutes and 20 seconds.
In 1999, Gennady, together with Sergey TreschevHe was appointed commander of the second crew of the twenty-ninth expedition to the "Mir". But after the transfer of the orbital station in unmanned mode, the working structures disbanded.
In the same year, Gennady Padalka, whose photocan be seen in this article, began training in the CPC them. Gagarin as the commander of the main crew, together with N. Budarin. The purpose of their subsequent work was a flight into orbit for the docking manually if a failure occurs in automation. Crew training lasted until 2000. But thanks to the successful automatic docking, the help of astronauts was not required.
In 1999 he was appointed commander of the backupcrew of the fourth expedition to the International Space Station. Since 2000, Gennady began training as a commander of the ISS-4D. He worked together with the Americans M. Fink and S. Robinson.
During the following years Padalka was appointed several times by the commander of the backup and main squads. He participated in many preparations together with cosmonauts from other countries.
Second flight
His second flight Gennady Padalka, an astronaut withexcellent training, made in 2004, being at that time commander of the ninth expedition of the ISS and the Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft. Gennady's call sign remained the same.
During the flight, he went into space four times. Duration:
- 13 minutes;
- 5 h. 40 min.;
- 4 hours 30 minutes;
- 5 h. 21 min.
The total flight duration was 187 days, 21 hours and 16 minutes. and 9 sec.
After the second flight into open space, PadalkaOn several occasions, he was tentatively appointed commander of the backup and main crews of various expeditions. Many times, Gennady worked with the American astronaut Michael Barrat. In 2008 he was included in the main crew of the Soyuz TMA-14. In the training center, I passed the pre-flight exams for several years as excellent.
And back into space
The third flight Gennady Padalka - cosmonaut, biography which is closely related to the cosmos, committed inMarch 2009. Then he was appointed commander of the "Soyuz TMA-14" and two main expeditions. On March 28, the same year, a successful docking with the ISS took place.
During the flight, Gennady twice went outopen space. The first time is at 4 hours 54 minutes. Antennas were installed on this output on the SM Zvezda. The second - for 12 minutes to perform work on dismantling the flat cover of the docking assembly and installing a docking cone on it. The total flight duration is 198 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes.
In 2009, Gennady transferred his authority to the Belgian astronaut Frank de Winne. He landed on the eleventh of October of the same year, together with M. Bratt and the tourist Guy Laliberte, who participated in the flight.
Over the next few years, Padalkahe was appointed commander of the backup and main crews of several expeditions. The interdepartmental commission received certification of the cosmonaut of the detachment of the FSBI in the Gagarin Research Institute.
In 2011, the commission recognized Gennady fit forflights and allowed to continue flying. And he was sent to the Training Center along with Revin and Aqaba. Gennady successfully passed all the exam training tasks and was appointed as a backup commander of the spacecraft. The following year, he became the head of the main staff.
Fourth flight
The fourth time Padalka flew into spaceMay 15, 2012 and was there on September 17, 2012. Gennady was appointed commander of Soyuz TMA-04M, part-time flight engineer of the 31st expedition and head of the 32nd. On the seventeenth of May, a docking took place to the “Search” module of the international space station.
During the flight, Gennady Padalka went toopen space with Yury Malenchenko at 5 hours 51 minutes. At that time, the Piers cargo boom was transferred to the Zarya pressure adapter, the Sphere-53 satellite was launched manually, and five additional panels and two braces were installed. Was dismantled container and some equipment. The total flight duration is 124 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes and 30 seconds.
Fifth time into space
Padalka made the fifth flight in the spring of 2015.He was appointed commander of the Soyuz TMA-16M and a member of the 43rd and 44th expeditions. Together with M. Kornienko and S. Kelly. On March 28, the ship successfully docked with the Search module. On June 10, Gennady was transferred to the command of the station by American astronaut Terry Weertz.
Падалка во время экспедиции выходил в открытый space at 5 hours 34 minutes. At this time, soft handrails were installed on the Zvezda module, some equipment was dismantled, and several planned installations of devices for station systems were completed. On September 5, 2015, Padalka handed over command to American Scott Kelly. The spacecraft landed on September 12, 2015 near the city of Dzhezkazgan. The total flight time is 168 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds.
Cosmonaut's personal life and family
Рос у родителей не один будущий знаменитый cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. They have a big family. He has two sisters. Olga (born in 1961) is a radio club operator. Tatiana (born in 1969) is a graduate of a college of light industry. Many are interested in such a question: "Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka where he lives?". Everything is where he was born: in the Kuban, in the city of Krasnodar.
Gennady married Irina AnatolyevnaPonomareva, born in 1959 She works as a deputy director of an insurance company. Three daughters are brought up in the family: Julia (1979), Catherine (1985) and Sophia (2000).
