ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergey Ryazansky launched to the International Space Station on 28 July from Baikonur Cosmodrome on their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft.
Paolo, Randy and Sergey will spend five months in space working and living on the International Space Station.
Follow Paolo and his mission via http://paolonespoli.esa.int and the mission blog http://blogs.esa.int/vita for updates.