NASA Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, left, Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Expedition 26 European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, third from left, receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel the evening before their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
