Expedition 59 Preflight

Russian Orthodox Priest Father Sergei waits to bless the Expedition 59 crew in the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Orthodox Priest Father Sergei waits to bless the Expedition 59 crew in the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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