Red Romaine Lettuce

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have managed to successfully cultivate salad crop -- red romaine lettuce -- that is free of disease-causing microbes and safe to eat, and is at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants.

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has managed to successfully cultivate salad crop - red romaine lettuce - that is free of disease-causing microbes and safe to eat, and is at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have started planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce, NASA said.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have started planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce, NASA said.

After having a sumptuous feast of "Outredgeous" red romaine lettuce grown in space, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are set to witness flowers blooming on the orbiting laboratory after the New Year.

The red romaine lettuce was grown in a special plant-growing box called Veg-01 that was built by Orbital Sciences.

Marinated mushroom stuffed with apricots, Parmesan-Goat cheese, chives, Japanese breadcrumbs, cream and pine nuts. Served with tomato salad, romaine leaves and olives.

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have managed to successfully cultivate salad crop -- red romaine lettuce -- that is free of disease-causing microbes and safe to eat, and is at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants.

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has managed to successfully cultivate salad crop - red romaine lettuce - that is free of disease-causing microbes and safe to eat, and is at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have started planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce, NASA said.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have started planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce, NASA said.

After having a sumptuous feast of "Outredgeous" red romaine lettuce grown in space, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are set to witness flowers blooming on the orbiting laboratory after the New Year.

The red romaine lettuce was grown in a special plant-growing box called Veg-01 that was built by Orbital Sciences.

Marinated mushroom stuffed with apricots, Parmesan-Goat cheese, chives, Japanese breadcrumbs, cream and pine nuts. Served with tomato salad, romaine leaves and olives.