An Orthodox priest (C) conducts a blessing service in front of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on the launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 27, 2013. Soyuz with U.S. astronaut Karen Nyber, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin is due to travel to the International Space Station on May 29. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
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