Safety

DATE:30/08/07

SOURCE:Flightglobal.com

VIDEO: NASA finds no evidence astronauts were drunk

By Barbara Cockburn

An internal NASA investigation found on 29 August that there was no hard evidence to suggest astronauts were drunk or had been drinking heavily before launching into space.

The investigation followed an independent astronaut health panel's claim in July that on at least two occasions astronauts flew into space while drunk.

Related links

VIDEO: NASA's news conference
VIDEO: ABC News covered the story

Links posted in this story:

NASA

Spread the word: bookmark it!diggit!reddit!newsvine!

Click here to subscribe to Flightglobal.com for more industry news and analysis.

Related Articles

Virgin pilot clear to resume duties after negative alcohol test
(26/11/07)

NASA: Astronauts lit prior to blast-off
(28/07/07)

Highest rated articles

Technican training for Typhoon assembly in Saudi Arabia begins (5)

Eurofighter companies land new support deals worth over $1.4bn (5)

Airbus to deliver 100 aircraft in China next year (5)

Indonesian navy to order three CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft (5)

Garuda speaking to aircraft simulator-makers about JV (5)

KLM launches biofuels joint venture (5)

Indian air taxi service launched (5)

PICTURE: Qatar accepts first AW139 military helicopter (5)

PICTURES: Australia puts last Caribou out to pasture (5)

PICTURE: A400M performs first taxi trial (4)

Flight Defence E-newsletter

Flight Newsletters

FREE news and analysis from the global defence sector delivered straight to your desktop every fortnight.

Sign up to