On December 15, 2015 at 14h 03min (Moscow time) the manned Soyuz-TMA-19M spaceship was successfully launched by Soyuz-FG carrier from Gagarin launching site, in Baikonur cosmodrome.

Soyuz-TMA-19M spaceship will deliver the crew of 46/47th expedition to the international space station. The crew consists of Yury Malenchenko (Roskosmos), Timothy Copra (NASA) and Timothy Peake (ESA).

The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle is designed and manufactured by SRC Progress, Samara.