Astronauts on International Space Station are growing chile peppers in a first for NASA
By Rachel Trent, CNN
Astronauts on the International Space Station are trying to spice up their diets.
The astronauts are growing red and green chile peppers in space for what will be “one of the longest and most challenging plant experiments attempted aboard the orbital lab,” NASA said.
Hatch chile pepper seeds arrived at the station in June aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply services mission.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, a flight engineer who helped grow “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce in space in 2016, initiated the experiment by inserting 48 seeds into the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) on July 12.
NASA is growing chile peppers in space for the first time
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