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Shane Kimbrough kicks off chile pepper experiment on space station
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(iss065e163669) July 12, 2021 --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough inserts a device called a science carrier into the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), which contains 48 Hatch chili pepper seeds NASA started growing on July 12, 2021 as part of the Plant Habitat-04 experiment. Astronauts on station and a team of researchers at Kennedy will work together to monitor the peppers’ growth for about four months before harvesting them.
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Credit lineShane Kimbrough kicks off chile pepper experiment on space station. NASA/JSC, 2021-07-12. Public domain. ID: iss065e163669.
