In 2021, NASA grew Hatch chile peppers aboard the ISS for 137 days; four plants in the Advanced Plant Habitat yielded 26 peppers, and the stems holding flower to fruit grew straight instead of curved as they do on Earth
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In 2021, NASA grew Hatch chile peppers aboard the ISS for 137 days, with four plants in the Advanced Plant Habitat yielding 26 peppers. The stems connecting flower to fruit grew straight rather than curved as they do on Earth.
Weightlessness doesn't just change how astronauts move—it rewires how plants grow, forcing botanists to rethink agriculture's fundamentals for space. The post In 2021, NASA grew Hatch chile peppers aboard the ISS for 137 days; four plants in the Advanced Plant Habitat yielded 26 peppers, and the stems holding flower to fruit grew straight instead of curved as they do on Earth appeared first on Space Daily .
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