LONDON: For the first time ever, astronauts on the International Space Station will eat fresh vegetables grown in space.
The ‘Outredgeous’ red romaine lettuce was grown as part of NASA’s plant experiment ‘Veg-01’ in the Veggie plant growth system on the space station.
NASA says that the astrounauts will have to clean the lettuce with citric acid-based, food-safe sanitizing wipes before eating it and will only eat half of the harvest. The rest is due to be packaged and frozen until it be can sent to Earth for scientific analysis.
Part of NASA’s Journey to Mars, the ‘Veg-01’ experiment is being used to study plant growth in space, in order to provide future astronauts with a sustainable food supplement.
NASA say that during “long-duration exploration missions farther into the solar system, Veggie will be a resource for crew food growth and consumption. It also could be used by astronauts for recreational gardening activities during deep space missions.”
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