Houston, we have managed to grow some plants in space!
Four chili pepper plants growing in the International Space Station have produced several peppers. This development is the result of efforts by the team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that controlled the fans on the station’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) in order to create a gentle breeze and encourage the pollination of the plants’ flowers.
Two harvests will be made this year, in October and November. Astronauts will sanitize the peppers, eat some of them, and return the rest to Earth for analysis.
Image credit: NASA
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