Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Dec. 15 (UPI) -- NASA offered an update on the two tomatoes lost for eight months aboard the International Space Station and offered the first look at the dehydrated fruits. The tomatoes, among the first ever grown in space, were originally suspected to have been eaten by astronaut Frank Rubio, who insisted they were merely lost somewhere on the station, and Expedition 70 crew members recently revealed Rubio was exonerated, as they had located the long-lost foods eight months later. Advertisement NASA has now provided a first look at the tomatoes, which are dehydrated and squished, but astronauts said they showed no visible signs of microbial or fungal growth, despite the high humidity aboard the station. The space agency said the tomatoes were discarded by the station crew. Read More Lost tomato found aboard International Space Station after eight months Deer runs through Mississippi restaurant during lunch rush Firefighters rescue deer from frozen river in Wisconsin