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TOPSHOTS This August 10, 2015 image from NASA TV shows L-R: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Scott Kelly as they eat red romaine lettuce grown on board the International Space Station. Astronauts living at the International Space Station are about to take their first bites of space-grown lettuce, in what scientists described as another step toward enabling human missions to Mars. The red romaine lettuce was grown in a special plant-growing box called Veg-01, and was flown to space aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship. The seeds are contained in rooting pillows, and were "activated" by Kelly on July 8, NASA said. The plants grew for 33 days before being harvested. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA TV == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA TV"/ NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==