ISS astronauts eat space-grown vegetables for the first time

Man had always dreamed of traveling off Earth and sailing the ends of the universe, but he could hardly go far without food. That's why International Space Station (ISS) astronauts have been growing some vegetables in space since last year.

Using equipment called Veggie, they are able to germinate the plants into 'pillows', where they feed the seedlings with a controlled irrigation system and use LED lamps to simulate sunlight on them. The first foods grown by this system were planted in May 2014, grown for 33 days and then harvested, frozen and sent back to Earth for study.

In July last year a new batch of vegetables went through the same process, and the seeds remained for 15 months in the ISS before being germinated. The current harvest of red romaine lettuce has been split into two parts, half of which will be sent back to the planet for scrutiny, and the other half has been on the orbital station's current crew menu since Monday. fair (10).

To minimize the risk of contamination, the leaves that were first cultivated in the space are cleaned with citric acid-covered sanitation wipes that are safe for food. The feat also serves as preparation for the mission to send humans to Mars in 2030. Below you see the first space tasting of lettuce in history. Let's hope that by then they have figured out how to “grow” meat in space.

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