State commission and press conference

ESA astronaut Tim Peake and his fellow Expedition 46-47 crewmembers, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko, participate in the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch and the pre-launch press conference, on 14 December 2015, at Baikonour.

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