ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen dressed in his Russian Sokol suit, talking to gathered friends, family and dignitaries, before Soyuz TMA-18M launch to the International Space Station, from the Baikonour cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on 2 September 2015.
Follow the whole mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/