Russian Orthodox Priest, father Sergei, right, blesses Expedition 53 crewmembers Joe Acaba of NASA, front left, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, front center, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, front right, as backup crew members, Shannon Walker of NASA, back left, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, back center, and Scott Tingle of NASA look on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Acaba, Misurkin, and Vande Hei will launch onboard a Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft and spend approximately five and half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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