Soyuz TMA-18M crew members, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, Soyuz spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, dressed in their Russian Sokol suit, ready for launch to the International Space Station, from the Baikonour cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on 2 September 2015.
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Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/