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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, chili 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 chili peppers grown broke the record for feeding the most astronauts from a crop grown in space.
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