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August 12, 2015

First Time Ever: ISS Crew Eats Food Grown in Outer Space
Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 12, 2015
Achieving a major milestone for the future of space exploration, astronauts onboard the International Space Station sat down to a meal prepared with space-grown lettuce. On Monday, humanity took one giant bite for mankind, sampling produce grown in the first cosmic farm. For this first meal, scientists kept it simple, preparing red romaine lettuce brushed with citric-acid based sanitizing wipes. It's not exactly five-star, but it has to be a major improvement over freeze-dried peas. "There i ... read more

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