Cosmic salad: ISS astronauts eat first-ever space-grown lettuce

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Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) partook of a historic meal consisting of space-grown red romaine lettuce that they had cultivated themselves.\r
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For the first time, astronauts ate fresh lettuce theyd grown from seed aboard the International Space Station. One small bite for man could be a giant leap for .\r
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On Monday, astronauts sampled their crop, red romaine lettuce, for the first time. Astronauts on the International Space Station have been doing a bit of .\r
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Thats one small bite for a man, one giant leaf for mankind: Astronauts Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan sample the fruits of their labor after .