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NASA image: Expedition 28 Preflight
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Jun 7, 2011

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at...

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NASA image: Expedition 30 Preflight
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Dec 21, 2011

Expedition 30 Preflight

Expedition 30 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers, center, receives the traditional blessing from a...

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NASA image: Expedition 23 Launch Day
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Apr 1, 2010

Expedition 23 Launch Day

Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, right, receives the traditional blessing from a...

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NASA image: Expedition 30 Preflight
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Dec 21, 2011

Expedition 30 Preflight

Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, center, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox...

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NASA image: Expedition 27 Prelaunch
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Apr 4, 2011

Expedition 27 Prelaunch

Expedition 27 Ron Garan, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut...

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NASA image: Expedition 30 Preflight
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Dec 21, 2011

Expedition 30 Preflight

Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox...

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NASA image: Expedition 37 Soyuz Blessing
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Sep 24, 2013

Expedition 37 Soyuz Blessing

An Orthodox priest blesses members of the public at the the Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz launch pad on Tuesday, Sept....

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NASA image: Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Blessing
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Jul 13, 2012

Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Blessing

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Friday, July 13, 2012 in...

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NASA image: Expedition 38 Prelaunch
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Nov 7, 2013

Expedition 38 Prelaunch

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency receives the traditional...

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NASA image: Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing
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Sep 14, 2023

Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing

A Russian Orthodox Priest blesses the Soyuz Rocket and personnel, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Baikonur...

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NASA image: Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing
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Sep 14, 2023

Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing

A Russian Orthodox Priest blesses the Soyuz Rocket and personnel, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Baikonur...

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NASA image: Expedition 26 Prelaunch
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Dec 15, 2010

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

NASA Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, center, is seen receiving the traditional blessing from a...

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NASA image: Expedition 39 Preflight
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Mar 24, 2014

Expedition 39 Preflight

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Monday, March 24, 2014 in...

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NASA image: Expedition 60 Preflight
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Jul 20, 2019

Expedition 60 Preflight

Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA is blessed by a Russian Orthodox Priest in the Cosmonaut Hotel...

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NASA image: Expedition 39 Preflight
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Mar 24, 2014

Expedition 39 Preflight

An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media on the Soyouz launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on...

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NASA image: Expedition 59 Crew Blessing
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Mar 14, 2019

Expedition 59 Crew Blessing

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA is blessed by a Russian Orthodox Priest in the Cosmonaut Hotel prior...

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NASA image: Expedition 33 Soyuz Blessing
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Oct 22, 2012

Expedition 33 Soyuz Blessing

An Orthodox priest blesses a worker near the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, Oct. 22,...

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NASA image: Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Blessing
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Jul 13, 2012

Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Blessing

An Orthodox priest talks to members of the press just after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur...

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NASA image: Expedition 34 Preflight
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Dec 19, 2012

Expedition 34 Preflight

Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian...

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NASA image: Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing
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Sep 14, 2023

Expedition 70 Soyuz Blessing

A Russian Orthodox Priest blesses the Soyuz Rocket and personnel, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Baikonur...

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NASA image: Expedition 33 Soyuz Blessing
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Oct 22, 2012

Expedition 33 Soyuz Blessing

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 in...

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NASA image: Expedition 38 Prelaunch
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Nov 7, 2013

Expedition 38 Prelaunch

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox...

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NASA image: Expedition 31 Blessing
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May 14, 2012

Expedition 31 Blessing

An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media shortly after blessing the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

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NASA image: Expedition 31 Blessing
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May 14, 2012

Expedition 31 Blessing

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, May 14, 2012 in...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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