Soyuz TMA-19M crew members and dignitaries at the launch pad, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 15 December 2015.
ESA astronaut Tim Peake will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome 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.