Name: Padalka, Gennadi Country: Russia M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-28 August 13, 1998 - Soyuz TM-28 February 28, 1999 - Soyuz TM-28
2. ISS Crew 9 April 19, 2004 - Soyuz TMA-4 October 24, 2004 - Soyuz TMA-4

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz TM-26
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-24 Crew
1. Soyuz TM-28 Mir Main Expedition EO-26 Crew
Docked with Mir from August 15, 1998 to February 28, 1999
ISS Crew 4
(Backup Crew)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 4
Soyuz TM-34
(Backup Crew)
ISS Taxi Flight 4S (ISS "Alpha" Visiting Expedition EP-03)
Soyuz TM-34 replaced Soyuz TM-33 as the International Space Station's "lifeboat".
Soyuz TMA-2A
(Cancelled)
ISS Taxi Flight 6S
After the loss of Columbia, the taxi crew was replaced by the two-person ISS Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 7.
ISS Crew 9A
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 9A
Following the loss of Columbia, the original crew was replaced by the two person "caretaker" crew of Michael Fincke and Gennadi Padalka.
2. ISS Crew 9 ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 9 (ISS Crew Transfer Flight 8S)
Docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 21, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-4
Returned to Earth on October 24, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-4

Spacewalks - 6
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-28 September 15, 1998 Reconnect cables for solar array steering mechanism in Spektr module
30 minutes
Soyuz TM-28 November 10, 1998 Install meteoroid detector. Hand-launch Spoutnik-41 amateur-radio mini-satellite
5 hours 54 minutes

ISS Crew 9 June 24, 2004 International Space Station Contingency Spacewalk - Replace the failed Remote Power Controller Module on Control Movement Gyro-2. Spacewalk was cut short due to problems with Fincke's spacesuit.
14 minutes
ISS Crew 9 June 30, 2004 International Space Station Contingency Spacewalk - Replace the failed Remote Power Controller Module on Control Movement Gyro-2. Second attempt was successful. Perform "get-ahead" tasks
5 hours 40 minutes
ISS Crew 9 August 3, 2004 International Space Station Assembly - Replace sample panels for Russian Kromka experiment. Install new laser retro reflectors and radio antennas on Zvezda Service Module for new European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
4 hours 30 minutes
ISS Crew 9 September 3, 2004 International Space Station Assembly - Install three new radio antennas on the Zvezda Service Module for the new European ATV and a replacement pump control panel on the Zarya Module.
5 hours 21 minutes

Return to Master List Two Spaceflights Mir Program - 1998 / Backup Crew
Russian Cosmonauts Spacewalkers
International Space Station Program - Phase III - 2004 / Exp.-Crew / Backup Crew

Updated - March 26, 2006