Russian Cosmonauts Admit to Smuggling Alcohol in Space as Juice Bottles
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Being an astronaut is a serious job, however, sometimes they make room for some fun. Fun like drinking alcohol, is a strictly prohibited activity in space. But now and again, astronauts have tried to break this rule.
A few Russian cosmonauts have been known to smuggle bottles of cognac in their spacesuits. Smuggle because they could not carry the prohibited substance into space legally. They have admitted to using methods like mislabeling them as juice bottles or placing them inside hollowed-out books. One determined astronaut hid a small bottle in their wristband of device used for measuring blood pressure.
Drinking alcohol is prohibited in space but that hasn t stopped some intrepid crew members from smuggling hooch into orbit.
Russian cosmonauts have admitted they ve smuggled bottles of cognac in their space suits, in intentionally mislabeled juice bottles and even inside hollowed-out books.
One cosmonaut hid a bottle in the wristband of a device used for measuring blood pressure.
Some Russian astronauts have also gone on crash diets before blastoff so they can sneak a bottle into their spacesuit without exceeding weight requirements.
In the 1990s, a photo surfaced of cosmonauts at a cognac party aboard the Mir space station, taken by NASA astronaut.