Johann-Dietrich Woerner, ESA Director General, is seen during the State Commission meeting, to approve the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on 1 September 2015, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 2 September 2015 with commander Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.
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Connect with Andreas at:
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Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2015