London, June 7 (ANI): A Japanese astronaut plans to harvest cucumbers on board the International Space Station.
According to the Daily Mail, Satoshi Furukawa is set to blast off early on Wednesday for a six-month stint in orbit along with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Nasa astronaut Michael Fossum.
Speaking about experiments scheduled for the next few months, Furukawa said he would be growing cucumbers as part of ongoing studies on how future space explorers will be able to harvest their own food.
'We wish we were able to eat the cucumbers, but we have not been allowed,' Furukawa, a doctor, said.
Millions of concerned consumers across Europe have been spurning cucumbers in the wake of an E.coli outbreak blamed on contaminated vegetables that has killed 22 and sickened more than 2,200. (ANI)
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