Astronauts plant chili peppers in space

Published July 17, 2021 1:00pm ET



Astronauts on the International Space Station planted chili peppers in orbit.

The project, NASA’s Plant Habitat-04, aims to gauge the possibilities of growing plants outside of the Earth’s soil. The peppers, whose seeds were planted in June, will be ready to eat in a few months.

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