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Yummy! ISS Astronauts Eat First Space Grown Food
Video caption: That’s one small bite for a man, one giant leaf for mankind: NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan sample the fruits of their labor after harvesting a crop of “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce from the Veggie plant growth system on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV
Going where no astronauts have gone before, a trio of “space farmers” living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have just become the first humans ever to eat food grown in space!
The gleeful munchers downed the freshly harvested crop of blood red colored “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce lettuce during a live webcast today, Monday, August 10, direct from the (…)
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Post tags: Columbus Laboratory Module, expedition 44, ISS, Journey to Mars, Mars, NASA, red romaine lettuce, Scott Kelly, space farming, space grown food, Space Station, Veggie, Veggie-01
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