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Gennady Padalka
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Gennady Padalka, Michael Barratt, and Charles Simonyi in spacesuits walk with support crew toward the Soyuz launch pad in Kazakhstan, with flags and onlookers in the background.
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Gennady Padalka

Russian cosmonaut
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  • Charles Simonyi, Gennady Padalka, and Michael Barratt
    Charles Simonyi

    …lifted off with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt aboard Soyuz TMA-14, a flight to the ISS that made Simonyi the first repeat space tourist. They returned to Earth on April 8, traveling on Soyuz TMA-13.

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    …lifted off with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt aboard Soyuz TMA-14, a flight to the ISS that made Simonyi the first repeat space tourist. They returned to Earth on April 8, traveling on Soyuz TMA-13.

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