Expedition 35 Crew Blessing

Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, 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, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin will spend five and a half-months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)