Moghbeli didn't offer details on where the tomato was found, nor what condition it was in. But it's probably safe to assume it won't be featured in a gourmet meal anytime soon.
Another article that doesn't offer any more details about where it was found. I'm starting to really believe someone ate it!
turns around, secretly reaches into pocket and retrieves a brand new tomato
A-ha! The first tomato grown in space, which I definitely didn't lose, was here this whole time!
until they show us a photo of it i still think he ate it, and this is a cover up
This is the best summary I could come up with:
That is, until this week, when the seven astronauts at the International Space Station announced on the 25th anniversary of the orbiter that they found the rogue fruit.
The red robin tomato was harvested as part of a NASA experiment to grow produce in space for longer-term missions in the future.
He said he ended up taking the tomato out of the safety of the Ziploc bag to show some students the prized produce, but seemed to misplace it afterwards.
Rubio said he unsuccessfully spent about 18 to 20 hours searching for the tomato, and assumed it would have "desiccated to the point where you couldn't tell what it was" and may have been tossed in the trash accidentally.
In the months since the juicy piece of produce vanished, some suspected Rubio actually ate the tomato — a claim he denied up until it was found.
"Hopefully somebody will find it someday, some little shriveled thing in a Ziploc bag and they can prove the fact that I did not eat the tomato in space," he half-joked, half-manifested in October.
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