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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 14: In this handout from NASA, (L to R) Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA), Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA pose for at the end of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on December 14, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is scheduled to launch on December 15 carrying crew members 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) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46-47. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 14:   In this handout from NASA, (L to R)  Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA), Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA pose for at the end of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on December 14, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is scheduled to launch on December 15 carrying crew members 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) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46-47.  (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)