I ka pau ʻana o ke kau chile ma New Mexico's Hatch Valley, ua hoʻomau ka ʻohi ʻana i 400 km ma luna o ka honua ma ka International Space Station. I ka hopena o ʻOkakopa, ua hōʻiliʻili ka mea holo moku i ʻehiku mau pepa pala.
Ma ka pāpaho pūnaewele, hoʻolauleʻa ka hui ʻAmelika a me ko lākou mau hoa ʻāina i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana a kaʻana like i nā kiʻi a me nā wikiō o nā hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele e lana ana i ka microgravity, kahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai nā kānaka a me nā mea. Ua hoʻolei lākou i kahi pāʻina me nā tacos i hoʻonani ʻia me ka hua mua o ka chili i ulu ma ke ākea.
Ua hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi hua i ke kauwela i ka wā i kau ai nā hua chili he 48 ma luna o kahi mokulele ma Kennedy Space Center ma Florida. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka International Space Station, ua hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i loko o kahi lumi ulu i ka umu kahi o LaChelle Spencer - ke alakaʻi o ka hui ʻepekema o ka papahana - a me kāna mau hoa hana ma ka National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) e hoʻomalu mamao ana i ka kukui, ka mahana a me ka wai. No nā mahina, ʻoki ʻia nā mea kanu e nā astronauts, wehe i nā ʻōpala, a mahi i kahi māla chili liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka taco, i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e nā astronauts ma ka ISS, he pipi fajita, nā ʻōmato rehydrated a me nā artichokes, a me nā pepa chili hou i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai New Mexico i Nowemapa 2021.
ʻO nā tacos, i hana ʻia e nā astronauts ma ka ISS, i hana ʻia mai ka pipi fajita, nā ʻōmato rehydrated a me nā artichokes, a me nā pepa chili hou mai New Mexico.
"He mea mālama maoli ia no mākou," wahi a Megan MacArthur, ka mea astronaut NASA i ka wā o kahi hālāwai kūkā āna i hāʻawi ai i ka lewa. “Hiki iā mākou ke hele mai a honi i ka mea kanu a ʻike i ka ulu ʻana o ka chili. No laila, he moʻomeheu maikaʻi loa ia, a me kahi papahana ʻepekema hoihoi. “
ʻO ka hoʻokolohua chili e hoʻomau nei, i kapa ʻia e NASA ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ISS, he ʻāpana o ka hoʻoikaika nui e ʻimi i ka hiki ke ulu hou i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu i ka lewa e hoʻohui i ka meaʻai o nā astronauts. ʻO kēia hoʻokolohua kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī loa a hiki i kēia lā ma muli o ka lōʻihi o ka ulu ʻana a me ka wā ulu o Capsicum annuum, ka inoa Latin no nā pepa chili.
ʻO Megan MacArthur, NASA astronaut a me ka ʻenekini lele no Expedition 65, wehe i nā ʻōpala mai ka noho ʻana o ka International Space Station, kahi i ulu ai ʻo Hatch Green chili no ka hoʻokolohua me nā mea kanu ākea. Ua hoʻomaka ka ulu ʻana o ka pepa chili ma Iulai 12, 2021. ʻO kēia hoʻokolohua kekahi o nā hoʻokolohua lāʻau lōʻihi a paʻakikī loa i hana ʻia ma luna o ka hale hana orbiting.
Ua kōkua ʻo Jacob Torres, he loea NASA a me ka māla ma ka ʻākau o New Mexico, i ka loiloi i ka cultivar i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻokolohua. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo NuMex Española Improved a he ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka ulu mua ʻana, waena-wela e mahi nui ʻia a puni ʻo Hatch, New Mexico.
I ka wā o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua ʻoi aku kēia pepa ma mua o nā mea hoʻokūkū ʻē aʻe i kona hiki ke hoʻololi i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka carbon dioxide a me ka microgravity o waho me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻono i makemake ʻia a me ka ʻike meaʻai. "ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia he poʻokela ma New Mexico, akā ua hana maikaʻi loa ʻo ia i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka cockpit space," wahi a Spencer.
Haʻaheo ʻo Torres i ka hana ʻana ma kēia papahana. "ʻO ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kēia hui a me ka hana ʻana i ka chili Mekiko hou a mākou i ulu ai he mea nui ia iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma kahi ninaninau wikiō. A ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokolohua lewa ma mua o kāna mau manaʻo.
"ʻO kā mākou misionari ka ulu ʻana i hoʻokahi pepa. Hoʻokahi pepa laki. A i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻehiku mau pua mai ka hua mua wale nō, "wahi a Torres.
E ʻohi hou ʻia ma hope o ka Thanksgiving (2021 Nowemapa 21), wahi a Spencer. E hoʻouna ʻia kekahi o kēia pūʻulu pepa hou i ka Honua no ka nānā ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai.
ʻAʻole maopopo ʻo Spencer inā e hoʻohui ka microgravity i kahi ʻono kūʻokoʻa i ka pepa pūlima, akā manaʻo ʻo ia e holomua ka hoʻokolohua i ka ʻenehana no ka ulu ʻana i ka chili ma lalo o nā kūlana kūloko i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wai liʻiliʻi.