An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 Baikonur time and will carry Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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