Astronauts abroad the International Space Station are growing red and green chili papers these days, as per a report by Slashgear. This is a part of NASA's Plant Habitant-04(PH-04) experiment which has different varieties of food are grown inside the space station for consumption. The Hatch Chili pepper seeds have been sent to ISS to be grown in an artificial environment and will take several months to grow, as per the report.
"This will be one of the longest and most challenging plant experiments attempted abroad the orbital lab". A representative of NASA's Kennedy Space Center Said. Now the question comes to mind, why chile peppers? the only reason is that because it is high in vitamin C, it does not need extensive processing. 'Astronauts always need this type of food to maintain their sense of smell because it sometimes gets affected after living for long periods of time in microgravity', Matt Romeyn quoted.
According to Romeyn, Growing colorful plants and vegetables in spaces has helped the astronauts and improved their sense of smell. Let us tell you that it is working on how to grow such beneficial greens for astronauts.
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