An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, and flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 17. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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