This is the second batch of chillies grown by the astronauts aboard the ISS. (Image credit: Twitter/ @NASAKennedy)
Astronauts grew peppers because they are high in vitamin C and are spicy, which help preserve the astronauts’ sense of smell and taste, which can be affected after prolonged exposure to microgravity. can.
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NASA astronauts have successfully harvested the second batch of chili aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the space agency has announced. This comes after the astronauts harvested the first batch of chillies on October 29. According to NASA, as part of an experiment called Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04), the ISS’s Advanced Plant Habitat grew four pepper plants for 137 days.
of nasa PH-04 helped accelerate crop production “significantly” in space, said PH-04 principal investigator Matt Romin, with the crew learning to grow the first generally recognized fruit crop in space within two years . ISS Astronauts grow chili as part of NASA’s Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment in which a variety of food is grown inside the International Space Station for consumption.
Pepper seeds were sent to the ISS earlier this year to be grown in an artificial environment. Astronauts grew peppers because they are high in vitamin-C and are spicy, which help maintain astronauts’ sense of smell and taste, which can be affected after prolonged exposure to microgravity, Matt Romin was quoted in a report as saying.
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