An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Soyuz TMA-11M rocket blessing

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