Astronauts grow lettuce in space
Astronauts may no longer have to miss out on eating freshly picked, gourmet salads. Researchers have successfully grown lettuce that is nutritious and safe to eat on a space station.
This is welcome news for the space voyagers, who subsist on processed, pre-packaged rations that have been sterilised through heating, freeze drying or irradiation such as fruits, nuts, chocolate, shrimp cocktails, peanut butter and beef.
Published by Cosmos.
