Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox Priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko will spend the next four months living and working onboard the International Space Station.

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