Expedition 34 Preflight

Expedition 34/35 crew members, Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), right, receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Marshburn, Romanenko and Hadfield on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)