Expedition 32 Preflight

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receive the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams aboard will launch later that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)