Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei receives the traditional blessing outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)