Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing. A Russian Orthodox Priest blesses the Soyuz Rocket and personnel, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 31 in Kazakhstan. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on Sept. 15.

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