ABOUT GENNADY PADALKA
Astronaut who in 2012 ranked fourth for career time in space with 710 days.
He was a First Class Pilot in the Russian Air Force.
He has served on missions to both the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station, and in 2012 he conducted his ninth spacewalk.
He married and had three daughters.
He is a Russian cosmonaut like Valentina Tereshkova .
