US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
Kazakhstan Russia Space Station
An Orthodox priest blesses the members of the next expedition to the International Space Station, U.S. astronaut Kevin Ford, left, and two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, center, and Yevgeny Tarelkin, right, before they leave for a final pre-launch preparation at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Remezov, Pool)






