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 four times. He previously he
Padalka at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in March 2015
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.
Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station, which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 Septe
Soyuz TMA-04M departs the ISS
(l-r) Acaba, Padalka and RevinSoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-03MSoyuz TMA-05M →
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft during pre-launch processing on 8 May 2012.
The TMA-04M crew wave to spectators before launch on May 15, 2012.