Andreas Mogensen dressed in his Russian Sokol suit

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen dressed in his Russian Sokol suit, ready for 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/