An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Nov. 6, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, is scheduled for Nov
201311060024hq (6 Nov. 2013) — An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Nov. 6, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, is scheduled for Nov. 7, Kazakh time. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls