Tim Peake of the European Space Agency During a Crew Fit Check

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Tim Peake of the European Space Agency prepares to board the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft during a crew fit check Dec. 1. Peake, Tim Kopra of NASA and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch Dec. 15 from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov