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NASA is growing chili peppers in space Published: July 19, 2021 11:22 PM EDT Outer space is getting spicier, thanks to a new NASA initiative to add a little more flavor to astronauts’ diets. NASA announced last week that astronauts aboard the International Space Station are growing red and green chile peppers for the very first time. Hatch chile pepper seeds arrived at the station in June, thanks to a SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, who launched to...

SpaceX: SpaceX Cargo Dragon Capsule splashes down near Tallahassee Facebook: Tallahassee Saturday in the Park SpaceX Dragon capsule and last updated 2021-07-10 01:44:08-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — On Friday night, the skies could be lighting up depending on the weather where you are. The Dragon Capsule made a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico around 11:32 p.m., according to SpaceXs Twitter page. Splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the @...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 2/5/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this chilly photo of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021 showing the city blanketed in snow. This recent snow storm was classified as "major" and affected a majority of the Northeast United States, with New York declaring a state of emergency for both the immense snowfall and blistering winds. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Ear...

In this photo, a scientist at the European Space Agency's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory at the ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands works on essential mission work.

NGC 613, a barred spiral galaxy 67 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor, shows its stunning stellar markings in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specim...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s first upgraded Cargo Dragon spaceship departed the International Space Station Tuesday morning with more than 4,400 pounds of research sp...

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth today (Jan. 12) to return science experiments and other gear to Earth in its first-ever Florida splashdown.

It will be the first return of a cargo resupply spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean.