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It took two years for researchers to settle on the Hatch chile pepper for their space experiment. Forty-eight seeds launched in a carrier on a resupply mission to the space station in June. The habitat can be monitored and controlled from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including watering, lighting and turning on fans to promote pollen transfer.

A side effect of life in zero gravity is that astronauts often lose some of their taste and smell, so spicy or well-seasoned foods are a favorite. Adding fresh greens or peppers to the menu allows astronauts to liven up their regular meals. But growing and tending to the plants can also produce other benefits.

Astronauts have described the joy they get from seeing — as well as smelling and caring for — leafy green plants on the space station that remind them of Earth. The astronauts also helped hand-pollinate flowers on some of the plants. We discovered the crew had been taking the door shade off every day to check on the plants and look at the peppers. The results of this experiment could help researchers learn how fruit development occurs in the absence of gravity and mitigate challenges for future growth experiments.

Next up, they want to try growing dwarf tomatoes and new types of leafy greens, as well as legumes, herbs and microgreens. As per Romeyn, growing colourful plants and vegetables in space has helped the astronauts and improved their sense of well being. Their colours and smells have got something to do with that, believes the principal investigator. Spotlight What you must know about crypto airdrops Top Digital marketing trends you need to know! Is cryptocurrency the future of money? Nina Dobrev looks totally toned in a new bikini video on Instagram.

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