Farmers harvest pumpkins grown from seeds back from space

Farmers harvest pumpkins grown from seeds back from space

CHIBA, Japan - Mamoru Hayashi, leader of a citizens' group in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, poses on Oct. 17, 2014, with pumpkins grown from seeds brought to and back from space by Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a native of the Tokyo suburb. The group hopes to market them under the "space pumpkin" brand and make them a local specialty.

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