An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media after he blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, on 27 July 2017, in Kazakhstan.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and commander Sergey Ryazanskiy are set to launch on 28 July for a four-and-a-half-month mission on the International Space Station.
Connect with Paolo via paolonespoli.esa.int and check out the mission blog for updates: blogs.esa.int/vita