two small tomatoes in a plastic bag
Two space-grown tomatoes were found earlier this month eight months after they disappeared on the International Space Station.
  • NASA released a new image of the recently-recovered long-lost space tomatoes.
  • Astronaut Frank Rubio misplaced the tomatoes in March while on the International Space Station.
  • The fruits were found earlier this month slightly discolored and dehydrated.

Imagine what would happen to a tomato if you lost it in your home — here on Earth — and found it eight months later.

The red fleshy fruit would turn into a horrifically unrecognizable clump of white and black fuzz, worn down by time and bacteria.

Not in space.