First British astronaut to blast off to the ISS on 15 Dec 2015

KAZAKHSTAN Baikonur Cosmodrome -- 13 Dec 2015 -- The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft is seen after being raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on board is the British ESA astronaut Tim Peake who is blasting off to the International Space Station on 15 Dec 2015. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to visit the ISS and will be launched together with commander Yuri Malenchenko from ROSCOSMOS and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. The trio will then spend six months working and living on the International Space Station -- Picture by Joel Kowsky/Atlas Photo Archive/NASA