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"But we can exonerate him. We found the tomato." (www.businessinsider.com)

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NASA found a stray, space-grown tomato that went missing for 8 months, clearing the astronaut they all thought ate it

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NASA astronauts on the International Space Station finally found a stray, space-grown tomato eight months after it first went missing.

In a livestream interview on Wednesday, a team of astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) shared the news.

The experiment, launched late last year, is studying "crop growth, nutrient composition, microbial food safety, flavor, and psychological benefits for the crew onboard," NASA said in an April press release.

And it's not just tomatoes that can grow in space — the program has successfully grown several types of lettuce, Chinese cabbage, mizuna mustard, red Russian kale, and zinnia flowers, NASA says.

But when one of the astronauts, Frank Rubio, accidentally let his tomato float away, his colleagues for months jokingly accused him of scarfing it down.

"Our good friend Frank Rubio, who headed home, has been blamed for quite a while for eating the tomato," NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli said during Wednesday's livestream.

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