Astronauts Deke Slayton and Thomas Stafford toast to a successful docking during the Apollo/Soyuz “handshake in space.” Their cosmonaut counterparts gave them tubes of Russian Vodka to celebrate — but after a drink, the Americans realized it actually contained borscht. (Earth Orbit,1975) [2000×1341]
EricFromOuterSpace
More photos and podcast of the story here
rr777
Incredible moment in History. Was also recognized in the pinball world.
WalkingOnPavement
Worse than taking a sip of water when you think its Sprite.
pandacoat
May be a dumb question, but what is “borscht”?
MonochromaticColor
Amazing photo..thanks for posting.
RonPossible
I’m glad Deke finally made it into space. Had to be tough to be grounded for the entire moon program.
Johannes_P
On 1970, American astronauts in Skylab were to receive sherry but it was cancelled after much outcry and issues about nauseous smell.