ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is seen during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonour, Kazakhstan, on 1 September 2015.
Andreas Mogensen will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 2 September 2015 with commander Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.
Follow the whole mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/