Space Tomato Mystery Solved: The Tomato Was In Hiding It Seems!
After eight months, NASA astronauts finally found the lost tomato grown in space. It was in a corner of the International Space Station (ISS). After being carefully grown at the ISS, the tomato went missing on March 29, 2023. It quickly became a running joke among the team. Space.com says that astronaut Frank Rubio was blamed for eating the lost tomato. This tomato was grown in space as part of NASA’s VEG-05 project, which also grew cabbage, kale, and other vegetables. Each ISS astronaut got a sample of the tomatoes in March, after they were picked safely.

But the pilots were hesitant to eat the crops grown in space because they were afraid that fungi might be growing on them. Astronaut Frank Rubio lost his tomato, and his team made fun of the idea that he ate it and was not paying attention.

Last but not least, on Wednesday, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) talked about finding the lost tomato in a live-streamed event to honour the ISS’s 25th anniversary. During the video, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli said, “For a long time, our good friend Frank Rubio, who went home, has been blamed for eating the tomato.” We can clear him though. The tomato was found.

In September, Rubio talked to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy through a live stream about his long stay at ISS. He was asked in jest about the missing tomato during the talk. “I didn’t eat the tomato, and I wish I had at this point because I think everyone thinks I did,” the 47-year-old said. It took me hours and hours to find that thing.