Tim Peake walking to the launch pad

ESA astronaut Tim Peake walking to the launch pad, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 15 December 2015.

Tim will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET) with NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko.

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