A dramatic docking for the Soyuz TMA-19M when the automated systems onboard failed close before the planned docking. Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko took manual control of the Soyuz before resuming for another attempt at docking which was successful at 17:34 UTC.

Soyuz TMA-19M brings up the first British astronaut Tim Peake to the International Space Station as well as Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra.