Tomato Rescued: Recovered after 8 Months Lost on the ISS

Breaking News! Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have finally found a lost tomato after it went missing for eight months.

Living in microgravity presents many challenges, one of them being that things don’t stay where you put them. A NASA astronaut, Frank Rubio, learned this the hard way when he lost track of a single tomato earlier this year.

The lost tomato was a part of ongoing experiments in growing crops on the ISS, including chilies, kale, and radishes. The astronauts even get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. However, Rubio’s tomato escaped him before he had a chance to savor it.

In a livestream following his return to Earth, Rubio shared his dismay at the lost tomato, expressing hope that it would turn up someday. At last, during the ISS’s 25th-anniversary celebrations, astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli announced that the tomato had been found.

Rubio’s excitement was palpable, as fresh fruits and veggies are highly valued by astronauts living primarily off pre-packaged foods. The tomato came from the final harvest of an experiment growing salad crops on the ISS, which aimed to study the best conditions for growing vegetables in space.

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Georgina is the Digital Trends space writer,

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