Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for his soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineers Alexander Misurkin, foreground, and Chris Cassidy watch a video as the crew bus departs the Cosmonaut Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Misurkin, Cassidy and Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov launched at 2:43 a.m. local time on March 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Vinogradov and Cassidy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Cassidy and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, right, walk out of building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to board a bus that will take them to the launch pad for their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Alexander Misurkin, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is helped into his chair in order to pressure check his Russian Sokol suit ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, right, walk out of building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to board a bus that will take them to the launch pad for their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, and Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Cassidy and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Alexander Misurkin, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 35 NASA Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is lifted out of his chair after having had his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Alexander Misurkin, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is lifted out of his chair after having had his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, right, and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, back left, watch a video as the crew bus departs the Cosmonaut Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Misurkin, Vinogradov and Cassidy launched at 2:43 a.m. local time on March 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is lifted out of his chair after having had his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, center, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin share a laugh after having their Sokol suits pressure checked, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Misurkin and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, third from right, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media shortly after blessing the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 29 and will send Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Russia on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Vinogradov and Cassidy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Cassidy and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 29 and will send Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Russia on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is escorted to the base of the Soyuz rocket on Friday, March 29, 2013 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin will spend five and a half months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Their Soyuz rocket launched at 2:43 a.m. local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, top, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, and Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, bottom, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. Their Soyuz TMA-08M rocket launched at 2:43 a.m. local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin will spend five and a half-months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, third from left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy will spend five and a half-months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, second from left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin will spend five and a half-months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)