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NASA Space Astronauts grows chili pepper in Space and made Tacos with it

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: November 4, 2021 19:20 IST

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The US space agency NASA's International Space Station has successfully experimented with growing vegetables in space, and astronauts have also experimented with eating.
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नुकतेच याबाबतचे काही फोटो आंतरराष्ट्रीय अंतराळ स्थानकावर गेलेल्या नासाच्या अंतराळवीर मेगन मॅकआर्थर (Megan Mcarthur) यांनी शेअर केले आहेत.
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Now it has created an environment of queries in a common man how did it happen how eating and growing of food in space is possible?
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A photo shared by Megan MacArthur shows a food like bread flying in the air, with some vegetables in it.
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This photo has gone viral on social media. Sharing this photo on Twitter, Megan MacArthur wrote that after the harvest, we were able to taste red and green chilies. We made the best space tacos.
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The peppers mentioned in it are grown in space. These peppers are like Shimla peppers.
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The astronauts organized a taco party to celebrate the success of this crop, which has grown so far from the earth. Here are the photos from that time.
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NASA, the US space agency, has grown chili seedlings in space in four months. This pepper is grown from the genus Espanola, discovered in the New Mexico Hatch Valley.
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Chilies come in both green and red colors. However, NASA says that growing chilies in space is more difficult than other crops.
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Apart from chilies, Chinese cabbage, Russian kale, and lettuce have also been grown in space. Megan MacArthur has been in space since April 2021, and she says green pepper is the newest crop ever grown in space.
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