Next Space Station Crew Heads to Launch Site
Following traditional ceremonies in Star City, Russia on Nov. 30, NASA’s Tim Kopra and his Expedition 46-47 Crewmates -- Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and ESA astronaut Tim Peake, departed for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to complete their training and preparations for their Dec. 15 launch to the International Space Station. The trio is scheduled to spend six months onboard the space station.