An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Sept. 11, 2017.
An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Sept. 11, 2017. Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA will launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the morning of Sept. 13 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately five-and-a-half months aboard the International Space Station. (Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)