The Soyuz space capsule is carrying Russian Yuri Malenchenko, American Tim Kopra and Major Peake, who will spend six months on the station.
Major Peake, 43, is making history as the first fully British professional astronaut to be employed by a space agency.
Briton Tim Peake blasts off for space
15 December 2015
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The rocket carrying Briton Tim Peake on his landmark flight to the International Space Station has launched from Kazakhstan.
