Well, I may be reaching a bit on this.
But if I wanted to do a hand-off of an american spook for a russian spook this would have been a fabulous opportunity.
Both govts present and good security without raising suspicion.
Isn't there a bridge on the space station?
Was anon posting GPS coordinates for Kazakhstan the other day?
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan
PR Newswire (press release)-40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth on Tuesday after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit. Vande Hei …