Expedition 39 Preflight
Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, right, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Artemyev, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA will spend six months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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201403250016HQ
Date Created
March 25, 2014
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HQ
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Photographer
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Location
Cosmonaut Hotel
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