March 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. astronaut and two Russian
cosmonauts landed in central Kazakhstan on Wednesday after
leaving the International Space Station aboard the same capsule
despite heightened antagonism between Moscow and Washington over
the conflict in Ukraine.
The flight -- carrying NASA's Mark Vande Hei and Russians
Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov -- was being closely watched
to determine whether escalating strife had spilled over into
longtime cooperation in space between the two former Cold War
adversaries.
(Reporting by Reuters)