An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket occurred on March 29 and sent Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Russia on a five-and-a-half month mission on board the International Space Station.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85720343" class="extiw" title="d:Q85720343"><span title="American photographer">Carla Cioffi</span></a>
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2013-03-27 13:14:29
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