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Expedition 53 Soyuz Blessing (NHQ201709110001) by NASA HQ PHOTO http://ift.tt/2eRw0V3 An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of September 13 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately five and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, second from left, meets with Expedition 53 crew members, Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and Joe Acaba of NASA, right, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Star City, Russia.  The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their launch Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) . . . . . . . . . . . . @NASA @RoscosmosOfficial #Expedition53 #Expedition53Preflight #AlexanderMisurkin #GagarinCosmonautTrainingCenter #JoeAcaba #MarkVandeHei #Russia #StarCity #billingalls @gctc_official @iss #Россия #Москва #звездныйгород