In space, no one can hear a tomato scream, even when its lost.

The resolution of this culinary cosmic mystery came during the 25th-anniversary celebration of the ISS.

But we can exonerate him.

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We found the tomato.

News of the missing tomato first emerged on September 13, during an eventcommemorating Rubios one-year stay in orbit.

Im sure the desiccated tomato will show up at some point and vindicate me, years in the future.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio attending to his crops on the ISS.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio attending to his crops on the ISS.Photo: NASA

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