NASA reveals the reason for the disappearance of space tomatoes in space

 Finally, NASA astronauts have figured out why the space tomato went missing.

The renowned tomato, picked in space, has been discovered eight months after going missing

After being lost for eight months, what is thought to be among the first tomatoes ever harvested in space has finally been found. A team working on VEG-05, an attempt to cultivate red robin tomatoes in the ISS's Vegetable Production System (also known as Veggie), included NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. The tomatoes were harvested and examined for crop development, nutrient composition, microbiological food safety, flavor, and other factors after the 100 days had passed. 

Rubio's tomato was the one that ultimately vanished. Rubio recently established a record by staying in space for 371 days. Rubio addressed a NASA conference in October after his return to Earth in late September, refuting reports that he had consumed his misplaced tomato."I thought it would be cool to show the schoolchildren that this is the first tomato harvested in space," he said, adding that he had placed the tomato in a small bag and that one of his crewmates was holding an event with some youngsters. "After that, I was fairly certain that I had Velcroed it where I was supposed to, but when I returned, it was gone."

In order to establish that he did not eat the tomato in space, Rubio said, "Hopefully, someday, somebody will find it, some little shriveled thing in a Ziploc bag."

For Rubio, the time has finally arrived. The tomato has been located, according to astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, who made the announcement during a NASA video chat from the International Space Station earlier this week. She stated, "Our good friend Frank Rubio who headed home has been blamed for quite a while for eating the tomato— but we can exonerate him: We found the tomato