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A clergyman performs the blessing ritual for a Soyuz-FG rocket carrying a Soyuz TMA-08M manned spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome before the start of an expedition.
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance, Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 27.03.2013
- Date published: 27.03.2013
- Author: Ramil Sitdikov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3588x2392px, 4.5Mb