{"id":14280,"date":"2023-12-12T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=14280"},"modified":"2023-12-10T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T18:13:01","slug":"tomato-space-saga-lost-in-space-for-8-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/tomato-space-saga-lost-in-space-for-8-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Space Saga: Lost in Space for 8 Months!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/\">ODD NEWS<\/a> | DEC. 8, 2023 | Tomato | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Meet Our Team\">Visit Shield Agency website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lost tomato found aboard the International Space Station after eight months<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec. 8 (UPI) &#8212;\u00a0Members of an International Space Station crew said astronaut Frank Rubio has now been cleared of allegations he ate one of the first tomatoes harvested in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"International Space Station 25 Years in Orbit: Crew Q&amp;A\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6guhKg2Rco0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli said during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6guhKg2Rco0&amp;ab_channel=NASA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a live streamed event<\/a>&nbsp;celebrating the 25th anniversary of the station that the remains of the tiny tomato had been found eight months after being misplaced by Rubio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our good friend Frank Rubio, who headed home [already], has been blamed for quite a while for eating the tomato. But we can exonerate him. We found the tomato,&#8221; Moghbeli said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio, who returned to Earth in September, had been the target of joking accusations for months that he had eaten the space-grown fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I spent so many hours looking for that thing,&#8221; Rubio said during a September ISS live stream. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure the desiccated tomato will show up at some point and vindicate me, years in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Space Station Hiding Places<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The astronauts did not reveal where the tomato was found or what its condition was, but Rubio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/international-space-station-lost-tomato-frank-rubio-found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">had earlier predicted<\/a>\u00a0it would be in a state of advanced decay due to the humidity aboard the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Blogs by Shield Insurance Agency<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/how-life-insurance-can-support-long-term-care-planning-without-replacing-it\/\">How Life Insurance Can Support Long-Term Care Planning Without Replacing It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/what-happens-if-your-vehicle-is-totaled-understanding-the-auto-insurance-claims-process\/\">What Happens If Your Vehicle Is Totaled, Understanding the Auto Insurance Claims Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/why-now-is-a-smart-time-for-michigan-businesses-to-review-liability-coverage-before-spring-foot-traffic-increases\/\">Why Now Is a Smart Time for Michigan Businesses to Review Liability Coverage Before Spring Foot Traffic Increases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/snowstorms-and-roof-damage-is-your-michigan-home-covered\/\">Snowstorms and Roof Damage: Is Your Michigan Home Covered?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/do-you-need-recreational-insurance-for-your-snowmobile-in-michigan\/\">Do You Need Recreational Insurance for Your Snowmobile in Michigan?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of an International Space Station crew said astronaut Frank Rubio has been cleared of allegations he ate  the first tomato harvested in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[2775,62,2778],"class_list":["post-14280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance","category-shield-blog","tag-international-space-station","tag-shield-insurance-agency","tag-tomato","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14283,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280\/revisions\/14283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}