Kazakhstan Russia Space

An Orthodox priest blesses a specialist of the Russian space agency, no name available, and the Russian Soyuz TMA-01M space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station at the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Start of the new Soyuz mission is scheduled on Friday, October 8. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)