International Space Station Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station September 25, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Samokutyaev, Serova and Wilmore will spend the next five and a half months living and working aboard the ISS.
International Space Station Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station September 25, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Samokutyaev, Serova and Wilmore will spend the next five and a half months living and working aboard the ISS.
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