Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft ready for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad, on 14 December 2015, in Kazakhstan.
ESA astronaut Tim Peake will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET) with NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko.
Follow Tim Peake and his mission via timpeake.esa.int and watch the launch live on the ESA website.