At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Tim Kopra of NASA (right) answers a reporter’s question Nov. 30 before departing for his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Looking on is crewmate Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), who along with Kopra and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, will launch Dec. 15 in the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
NASA / Seth Marcantel