Expedition 55 Preflight

Expedition 55 flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Drew Feustel, right, of NASA receive a blessing from a Russian Orthodox Priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arnold, Artemyev, and Feustel will launch in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)