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15 December 2015

KAZAKHSTAN Baikonur Cosmodrome -- 13 Dec 2015 -- The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft in position 13 December 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Pad 1, Kazakhstan. British 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 to spend six months aboard the International Space Station -- Picture by Stephane Corvaja/Atlas Photo Archive/ESA

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15 December 2015

ITALY Sardinia -- 20 Mar 2012 -- Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai with ESA astronauts Tim Peake and Thomas Pesquet discover cave wonderland during their cave familiarization. The ESA’s cave training prepares astronauts to work as an international team in real exploration conditions. Sending astronauts underground to survive and explore Sardinian caves in Italy for almost a week is just one element of their long training. The Sardinian caves are isolated from the outside world. The astronauts need to get used to confined spaces, minimal privacy, technical challenges and limited equipment and supplies for hygiene and comfort - just like in space! Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to visit the ISS and will be launched together with commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra on the 15 Dec 2015. The trio will then spend six months working and living on the International Space Station -- Picture by V Crobu/Atlas Photo Archive/ESA

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15 December 2015

UK SCOTLAND Aberdeen -- 20 Jul 2012 -- ESA astronaut Timothy Peake during a live video link from the Neemo base with the UK Space Environment Conference, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Tim also spoke to A-level students and the general public at Leicester’s National Space Centre, United Kingdom, on 20 July 2012. He explained that the crew of astronauts and scientists living 20 m below sea level for 12 days tested potential methods and tools for future manned missions to an asteroid. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to visit the ISS and will be launched together with commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra on the 15 Dec 2015. The trio will then spend six months working and living on the International Space Station -- Picture by Herve Stevenin/Atlas Photo Archive/ESA

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