But Nasa and space jocks alike haven’t explained either the mysterious disappearance or reappearance of space-grown fruit
It might have remained one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, destined never to be solved until a freak recent discovery by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS).
The subject? A tomato grown from seed in microgravity by US astronaut Francisco “Frank” Rubio as part of an agricultural experiment.
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