SpaceX successfully launches NASA astronauts from Kennedy Space Center into space.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Commander Michael Hopkins and project scientists at Florida sKennedy Space Center have grown leafy greens aboard the International Space Station for 64 days, the longest duration to date.
The four Vegetable Production System, or Veggie, experiments included both the previously grown Extra Dwarf pak choi and the new Amara mustard.
In a release detailing the news, NASA wrote Tuesday that the pak choi had grown for so long that it began to flower as part of its reproduction cycle.
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, the space center s Matthew Romeyn said Amara is nutrient-rich and pak choi which was selected by middle school and high school students as part of the Growing Beyond Earth program is bio-efficient.