Russian Official Denies Astronaut Drank

By ALEX NICHOLSON, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

(AP) -- Russia's space agency denied Saturday that an astronaut could have flown drunk aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from its Baikonur cosmodrome, reacting to allegations reported by the chairman of an independent U.S. panel on astronaut health.

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