Expedition 72 Soyuz Blessing

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, left, and Oleg Artemyev, participate in the traditional blessing by Bishop Ignatii of Kyzylorda and Aktobe, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome site 31 launch pad in Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, left, and Oleg Artemyev, participate in the traditional blessing by Bishop Ignatii of Kyzylorda and Aktobe, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome site 31 launch pad in Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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