A batch of chile peppers seeds has been planted on the International Space Station as part of a new experiment that aims to expand the range of space-grown foods ahead of a possible future mission to ...

Crew members on the International Space Station have kicked off an experiment to grow Hatch chile pepper seeds aboard the orbiting laboratory. If successful, it’ll be the first time astronauts ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are conducting a NASA first: growing chile peppers. The experiment, Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04), involves growing Hatch chile pepper seeds, which arrived ...

Bell peppers are one of the most popular vegetables to grow. Unlike their small, spicy relatives, bell peppers lack the high amount of capsaicin that makes chilli peppers eye-wateringly hot. Whether ...

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 chile pepper seeds for the ...

It may not surprise a more-experienced gardener, but Edmund Patrick McCarthy is astonished at how his chile pepper plants have grown this year. McCarthy, better known in the food world as hot-sauce ...

Maybe our possible future lives in space won't be devoid of spice. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are growing red and green Hatch chile peppers that will be ready to eat in ...