An Orthodox Priest blesses a member of the Soyuz launch team after blessing the rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex.
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An Orthodox Priest blesses a member of the Soyuz launch team after blessing the rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex.