United States On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin drank some wine when he took communion while on the Moon in the Lunar Module Eagle. The ceremony was not broadcast following earlier protests against religious activity that were perceived to breach the separation between church and state. Cosmonauts aboard Mir were allowed alcoholic drinks including cognac, vodka, and "ginseng liquer ", supposedly for health reasons, according to comments made by former cosmonaut Alexander Lazutkin to the Interfax news agency in 2010. Cosmonaut Alexander Poleshchuk said bottles of cognac would be hidden behind panels on Mir. American astronauts on Mir watched while their Russian colleagues drank; NASA tried to block the release of photographs of a 1997 "cognac party" onboard Mir, but James Oberg of NBC News obtained them via a freedom of information request. Pre-flight In July 2007, following a scandal in which astronauts were alleged to have flown while drunk, NASA admitted that its rules around alcohol were vague and introduced a new rule prohibiting astronauts from being 'under the influence' and consuming alcohol within 12 hours of launch, based on the rules for T-38 training jets. Making alcohol in space would be difficult , for example conventional distillation would be impossible in zero gravity and the volumes of liquid required are high.
United States On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin drank some wine when he took communion while on the Moon in the Lunar Module Eagle. The ceremony was not broadcast following earlier protests against religious activity that was perceived to breach the separation between church and state. Cosmonauts aboard Mir were allowed alcoholic drinks including cognac, vodka, and "ginseng liqueur ", supposedly for health reasons, according to comments made by former cosmonaut Alexander Lazutkin to the Interfax news agency in 2010. Cosmonaut Alexander Poleshchuk said bottles of cognac would be hidden behind panels on Mir. American astronauts on Mir watched while their Russian colleagues drank; NASA tried to block the release of photographs of a 1997 "cognac party" onboard Mir, but James Oberg of NBC News obtained them via a freedom of information request. Pre-flight In July 2007, following a scandal in which astronauts were alleged to have flown while drunk, NASA said that its rules around alcohol were vague and introduced a new rule prohibiting astronauts from being 'under the influence' and consuming alcohol within 12 hours of launch, based on the rules for T-38 training jets. Making alcohol in space would be difficult ; for example conventional distillation would be impossible in zero gravity and the volumes of liquid required are high.
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