When it comes to salad greens, red leaf lettuce vs romaine are two of the most popular lettuces you’ll find at the grocery ...

Japan’s Kimiya Yui (at left) joins NASA’s Kjell Lindgren and Scott Kelly in sampling space-grown Outredgeous red romaine lettuce. (Credit: NASA TV) Astronauts on the International Space ...

Space lettuce may be the next giant leap for mankind. Or at least a way for astronauts to eat a fresh salad. Astronauts Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui ate red romaine lettuce on the ...

Red leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a leafy vegetable in the daisy family. It resembles romaine lettuce except in its tips, which have a red or purple tinge. Aside from adding a burst of color to ...

After harvesting a crop of red romaine lettuce, the crew became the first to feast on space-grown produce. The ability to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in space could have significant ...

Personally, I remember the time I devoured a sushi boat as a high-school senior and found myself calling for my mommy in the ...

But this isn't just any lettuce. It's part of a crop of "Outredgeous" red romaine lettuce grown on the space station. "Fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space officially is on ...

Following the successful growth of "Outredgeous" red romaine lettuce aboard the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft between 2014 and 2016, NASA researchers Christina Khodadad and Gioia Massa authored a study ...