Editorial photo #967631 Human Interest

Tim Peake Space Mission

KAZAKHSTAN Baikonur Cosmodrome -- 15 Dec 2015 -- Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, right, are seen as they depart Building 254 for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio are launching into space to the International Sapce Station today and will spend six months working and living on the International Space Station -- Picture by Victor Zelentsov/Atlas Photo Archive/NASA