From left, prime crew members, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, Soyuz spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov,ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and backup crew members Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochkan, are seen during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonour, Kazakhstan, on 1 September 2015. The trio travel to the International Space Station in the early hours of 2 September.
Follow the whole mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/