ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his crewmates NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin blasted off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan headed towards the International Space Station on 28 May.
For more information about Luca and his Volare mission, visit: www.esa.int/volare or follow the mission blog at blogs.esa.int/luca-parmitano for live updates.