Expedition 46-47 prime crewmembers during the pre-launch press conference

Expedition 46-47 prime crewmembers during the pre-launch press conference answer questions during the pre-launch press conference, on 14 December 2015, at Baikonour.

From left to right are prime crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Tim Kopra of NASA.

They will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET).

Follow Tim Peake and his mission via timpeake.esa.int and watch the launch live on the ESA website.