A Russian Orthodox priest blessing the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, on Dec. 20, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz TMA-03M with an international crew aboard including US astronaut Donald Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers, is scheduled on Dec. 21. Source: AFP/East News
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