ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet following the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out, on 31 August 2015, from the MIK 112 integration facility to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1, in Kazakhstan. Thomas Pesquet is in Baikonur to experience launch preparations ahead of his own launch to the ISS in November 2016.
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.
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Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/