An Orthodox priest blesses members of the public at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Sept. 24, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft is scheduled for Sept. 26, Kazakh time, and will send Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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An Orthodox priest blesses members of the public at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Sept. 24, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft is scheduled for Sept. 26, Kazakh time, and will send Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.