辣椒的花朵在太空中绽放

Chile pepper plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station bore fruit in the late summer and fall of 2021. Overcoming the challenges of growing fruit in microgravity is important to NASA for long-duration missions during which crew members will need good sources of Vitamin C to supplement their diets.
NASA/Megan McArthur

In July 2021, NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station started growing chile peppers in the Advanced Plant Habitat, as part of the Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment. The astronauts and a team of researchers at Kennedy worked together to monitor the peppers’ growth before harvesting them. In this image from Sept. 30, 2021, chile flowers and buds can be seen.

PH-04 was one of the longest and most challenging plant experiments attempted aboard the orbital lab. The second harvest resulted in a bumper crop: the 26 chile peppers grown broke the record for feeding the most astronauts from a crop grown in space.

Image credit: NASA/Megan McArthur

生长在国际空间站高级植物栖息地的辣椒在2021年夏末和秋季结出了果实。克服在微重力下种植水果的挑战对于NASA的长期任务非常重要，因为在长期任务中，机组人员将需要良好的维生素C来源来补充他们的饮食。
影像来源: NASA/Megan McArthur

2021年7月，国际空间站上的NASA宇航员开始在高级植物栖息地种植辣椒，这是植物栖息地-04（PH-04）实验的一部分。宇航员和肯尼迪的一组研究人员一起工作，在收获之前监测辣椒的生长。在这张拍摄于2021年9月30日的照片中，可以看到辣椒的花朵和花蕾。

PH-04是轨道实验室上尝试的最长、最具挑战性的植物实验之一。第二次收获带来了丰收：种植的26个辣椒打破了从太空中种植的作物中喂养最多宇航员的记录。、

影像来源: NASA/Megan McArthur