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Russian Cosmonauts Admit to Smuggling Alcohol in Space as 'Juice Bottles' FOLLOW US ON: 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 book...

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...