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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

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 i…

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    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