Space Salad Could Soon Be Eaten By Astronauts Aboard The International Space Station

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Romaine lettuce plants inside the bellows of a prototype Veggie flight pillow, which was launched aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule in April of this year. NASA/Gioia Massa

Robust, green and fresh from the garden of space – romaine lettuce could soon be the dish of the day for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

They began growing the crunchy veg earlier this month, and if the conditions are right, they’ll be eating some space-grown lettuce leaves by next month.