Dream to go further, from the colonial Mars recently scientists successfully under the cold weather at the South Pole, was harvested the first without soil, sunshine and pesticides to grow vegetables, the astronauts in space can eat more fruits and vegetables and a few more, scientists plan to try to grow strawberries in the future.

(photo taken from the German space center website)
According to the comprehensive media report, scientists at the Neumayer Station III, located in the South Pole of Germany, managed to grow three in a harsh climate below 20 degrees Celsius. Six kilograms of leaf vegetables, 18 cucumbers and 20 cherries, etc., recently completed the first harvest.
The planting project aims to study how to make the astronauts can grow vegetables and fruits in the harsh climate environment, the German space center in charge of studies (DLR), said they hoped to in May, to harvest a week 4. 5 kilograms of fruits and vegetables.
Although NASA (NASA) previously had grown leaf vegetables in the international space station, but "the DLR" research project hope can increase more types of fruits and vegetables grown in space, have been successfully planted the leafy vegetables, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, cherry radish, basil, coriander and chives, "the DLR" research project manager Schubert (Daniel Schubert) more said, they are trying to grow strawberries.