The \"Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes\" has finally been solved. Tomat... Oh <\/p>\n
Astronauts on board the International Space Station made a startling discovery: the husks of two old and dried-out tomatoes. <\/p>\n
While the finding may sound more like the undesirable outcome of a deep kitchen cleaning, the two rogue tomatoes were the subject of a fierce debate among crew members, with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio initially being accused of eating his share of the space-grown harvest prematurely. <\/p>\n
Now, NASA is ready to show off the smoking gun: an image of two, squashed and discolored, grape-sized tomatoes sealed inside an evidence bag. <\/p>\n
In short, it's the riveting conclusion to a low-stakes, space-based whodunnit and we're here for it. <\/p>\n
The tomatoes were part of the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS) experiment, which involved growing plants hydroponically and aeroponically, meaning without any soil or other growth media. <\/p>\n
Rubio, who spent a record-breaking 371 days aboard the station starting September 2022, somehow misplaced a portion of his share of the harvested tomatoes, triggering a station-wide hunt. <\/p>\n
In a recently shared video on the \"Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes,\" shared by NASA's Johnson Space Center, the astronaut recalled what had happened. <\/p>\n
\"We have, uh, one ripe tomato that just came loose,\" Rubio told ground control in the footage. <\/p>\n
\"I was pretty confident that I velcroed it where I was supposed to velcro it and then I came back and it was gone,\" he later recalled in an interview. <\/p>\n
\"I spent so many hours looking for that thing,\" he added. \"I'm sure the desiccated tomato will show up at some point and vindicate me, years in the future.\" <\/p>\n
Given the latest evidence, that's exactly what seems to have happened. <\/p>\n
\"Our good friend Frank Rubio, who headed home [already], has been blamed for quite a while for eating the tomato,\" NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbelisaidduring a live streamcelebrating the station's 25th anniversary earlier this month. <\/p>\n
\"But we can exonerate him,\" she added. \"We found the tomato.\" <\/p>\n
More on the tomato: Space Station Astronauts Find Desiccated Tomato After Blaming Colleague for Its Theft <\/p>\n
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