With a sign commemorating the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission in the foreground, the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, sending Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to orbit for the start of six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) Expedition 46 Launch (NHQ201512150033)

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