"Lost Tomato Found: Astronauts Recover Missing Space Crop After 8 Months on ISS"

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, accused of losing or eating the first space-harvested tomato, has been exonerated after the tomato reappeared eight months later. Rubio, who spent a record-breaking 371 days in space as part of the XROOTS space botany study, had placed the tomato in a bag for a show-and-tell event but found it missing upon his return. The tomato's reappearance vindicates Rubio and supports the Veg-5 study's mission to establish agricultural production in space for future space crews.