Published on March 18, 2017
Expedition 46-47 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Tim Kopra and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, and their backups appeared before the Russian State Commission on Dec. 14 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The commission gave its final approval for the Dec. 15 launch of the crew to the International Space Station.
