Expedition 32 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receives the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Malenchenko and Hoshide aboard launched later that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Photographer NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date July 15, 2012