Russia says it has approved the crews for a mission to the International Space Station to launch Dec. 15 with a station docking two days later.
The launch will take place at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reported Friday.
The main crew will include Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA astronaut Michael Fossum and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa will comprise a backup crew.
The mission will see the crew occupy the space station for 152 days.
Three astronauts returning from the space station landed in north Kazakhstan Friday in a Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, RIA Novosti reported.
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