Photos: Soyuz TMA-19M launches with three Space Station Residents

December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 Patrick Blau 4733 Views Baikonur, Crewed Spaceflight, ISS December 2015, Soyuz TMA-19M

A Soyuz FG rocket lifts off from Site 1/5 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 15, 2015 - beginning a journey to bring Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Tim Peake to orbit for a seven-month Space Station Mission.

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All Photos below: NASA

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The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket boosters are seen being jettisoned during the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 in Kazakhstan. Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) will spend the next six-months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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