The Soyuz spacecraft is rolled out by train, on 14 November 2016, from the MIK 112 integration facility to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1, in Kazakhstan.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and commander Oleg Novitsky will be launched 17 November for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
Follow Thomas via thomaspesquet.esa.int and check out the mission blog for updates.