Blessing the Soyuz

201207130003hq (13 July 2012) --- An Orthodox priest talks to members of the press just after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on July 13, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. on July 15 (Kazakhstan time). Photo credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi