Expedition 58 Blessing

From left to right, Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to their launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. They will spend the next six and a half months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to their launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. They will spend the next six and a half months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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