From left, backup crew members Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochkan, are 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.
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