Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, left, and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) receive a traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox Priest along with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins prior to departing the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, July 7, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched onboard their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft later the same morning. The three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin) Expedition 48 Blessing (NHQ201607070049)

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