Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. He and fellow crew mate, Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, right, will spend the next four and a half months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) Expedition 51 Blessing (NHQ201704200022)

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