The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is rolled out by train, on 31 August 2015, from the MIK 112 integration facility to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1, in Kazakhstan.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 2 September 2015 with commander Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.
Follow the whole mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/