NASA Astronauts Solve Mystery of Missing Tomato in Space

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NASA Astronauts Solve Mystery of Missing Tomato in Space
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who recently completed the longest single spaceflight for an American astronaut, had been suspected of secretly eating a tomato that went missing on the International Space Station. However, the tomato was found by the current crew aboard the space station, clearing Rubio's name. The tomato was part of a project studying plant growth in space, and Rubio had spent hours searching for it to prove his innocence. The small size of the space station and the vastness of space made it difficult to locate the tomato.

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