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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 46-47 crewmembers sign a ceremonial book Nov. 23 at the Gagarin Museum. Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) will launch on Dec. 15 on the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.