Tomatoes grown on the International Space Station and declared lost were found months later. Astronaut Rubio, who grew the tomato, was accused of eating it.
ABD’li NASA astronaut Frank Rubio One of the first tomatoes grown in space was found months after being lost in space. When it disappeared, many people thought Rubio had eaten the tomato. Rubio said, “I spent hours trying to find it. Most of all, I wanted to find it to prove that I didn’t eat it.”
“I wanted to find him to prove that I didn’t eat the tomato.”
According to the news in News.com.au cited by Duvar, Rubio grew the tomato on the International Space Station (ISS) in March this year, and this tomato was one of the first tomatoes grown in a space environment. Then, one day, the tomato suddenly disappeared, and many people speculated that Rubio might have eaten the tomato.
Speaking at the NASA briefing held after returning to Earth from space after 371 days, Rubio said, “I was pretty sure I had taped it (the tomato) with Velcro. But when I came back, it was gone. I spent hours trying to find that thing. Most of all, I wanted to find it to prove that I didn’t eat the tomato. I wanted to find the dried tomato.” “I’m sure that one day, years from now, he will come forward and prove that I was telling the truth,” he said.
“Now we can exonerate him.”
Tomatoes were found two months after Rubio made this statement. ISS employees announced that they found the tomato during a broadcast on the 25th anniversary of the ISS on Wednesday, December 6. Astronaut who went to the space station in August Jasmin Moghbeli“Our good friend Frank Rubio has been accused of eating the tomato for a long time. But we can exonerate him,” he said. No information was given about the condition of the tomato.