Toda the launch vehicle Soyuz-FG integrated with the manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M was rolled out of the processing facility and was erected on the launch pad of Area 1 ("Gagarin's launch pad") of the Baikonur cosmodrome.
http://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss46/photo_12-13.html
Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft roll out. High-Res photos.
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ESA–Stephane Corvaja, 2015
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State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch
State Commission meeting, to approve the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on 15 December 2015, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2015
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Pete Harding is writing the launch article
Expedition 46 Soyuz Blessing
An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz is scheduled for Dec. 15 and will send 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) to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft ready for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad, on 14 December 2015, in Kazakhstan.
Credit: ESA–Stephane Corvaja, 2015
Tim Peake @astro_timpeake
This is the door I'll sign tomorrow before leaving to suit up - recognise any signatures #Principia
