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Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Гeннадий Иванович Падалка) (born June 21 1958 in Krasnodar Russia) is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. As of October 2012 Padalka ranks fourth for career time in space with 710 days. He worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.