ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel, prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket, from Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on 2 September 2015.
Andreas Mogensen will leave for the International Space Station 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/