The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket boosters are seen being jettisoned during the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 in Kazakhstan. Expedition 46 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) will spend the next six-months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) Expedition 46 Launch (NHQ201512150016)

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