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"  There&amp;#039;s only so much Tang one astronaut can take. Looking down on earth can make an astronaut crave real earth food: hot tomato soup, a crispy grilled sandwich, or maybe just a really fresh salad. In an effort to one day relieve space station occupants of their powdered food diet, one man is trying to grow cucumbers in space. More from Delish: Garden-Fresh Gourmet This past Tuesday, a Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft took off from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station. Satoshi Furukawa from Japan, American Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov were on board. Alhough all of the men have their own missions and goals, it is Furukawa&amp;#039;s that is the tastiest. As reported by The Christian Science Monitor, during his 5 1/2 month stay, Furukawa plans to plant and grow cucumbers on the Space Station to study how space travelers in the future can grow and harvest their own fresh produce. The experiments will study how life grows in the absence of gravity. Furukawa is not the only astronaut at the Space Station attempting to enrich the Space Station&amp;#039;s current diet. Russia&amp;#039;s Sergei Volkov will attempt to grow tomatoes. More from Delish: Easy Homemade Salads and Dressings Unfortunately, the orbiting experimental vegetables are just that \u2014 an experiment. There will be no salads or gazpachos for this group of astronauts. &amp;quot;We wish we were able to eat the cucumbers, but we have not been allowed,&amp;quot; Furukawa told the AP. &amp;quot;To be honest,&amp;quot; Volkov told reporters at a press conference before departure, &amp;quot;what I would really like is a fried potato.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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