Soyuz TMA-18M crew members, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, Roscosmos spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, wave farewell to family and friends prior to departing for the Baikonour cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on 2 September 2015.
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Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/