Lokacin da lokacin chile ya ƙare a cikin New Mexico's Hatch Valley, girbi ya ci gaba da nisan kilomita 400 sama da ƙasa a tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya. A karshen watan Oktoba, dan sama jannatin ya tattara barkonon tsohuwa guda bakwai.
A shafukan sada zumunta, tawagar Amurka tare da takwarorinsu na ketare sun yi bikin girbi da kuma raba hotuna da bidiyo na 'ya'yan itatuwa masu duhu da ke yawo a cikin microgravity, inda mutane da abubuwa ke bayyana marasa nauyi. Har ma sun yi liyafa mai ɗanɗanon taco tare da amfanin gonar barkono na farko da aka noma a sararin samaniya.
Tafiyar iri ta fara ne a lokacin rani lokacin da 'ya'yan chili 48 suka shiga jirgin sama a cibiyar sararin samaniya ta Kennedy a Florida. Bayan isa tashar sararin samaniya ta kasa da kasa, an saka su a wani dakin girki mai girman tanda inda LaChelle Spencer – shugabar kungiyar kimiyyar aikin – da takwarorinta na Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Kasa (NASA) ke sarrafa hasken wuta, zazzabi da ban ruwa. Tsawon watanni, 'yan sama jannatin da ke cikin jirgin suna gyara shuke-shuke, sun cire tarkace, kuma suna noma ƙaramin fili na chili.
Taco, wanda 'yan sama jannati suka shirya akan ISS, ya ƙunshi naman sa fajita, tumatir mai ruwan inabi da artichokes, da barkono barkono da aka girbe daga New Mexico a watan Nuwamba 2021.
Tacos, da 'yan sama jannati a ISS suka yi, an yi su ne daga naman sa na fajita, da tumatir da aka yayyafa ruwa da kuma artichokes, da barkonon barkono da aka zabo daga New Mexico.
"Hakika abin jin daɗi ne a gare mu," in ji Megan MacArthur 'yar sama jannatin NASA a yayin wani taron manema labarai da ta bayar a sararin samaniya. “Muna iya zuwa mu ji kamshin shuka kuma mu ga chili yana girma. Don haka hakika ya kasance kyakkyawan ɗabi'a, da kuma aikin kimiyya mai ban sha'awa. "
Gwajin chili da ake ci gaba da yi, wanda NASA ta yi wa lakabi da kaddamar da ISS, wani bangare ne na wani babban kokari na gano yuwuwar noman 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari a sararin samaniya don karawa abinci na 'yan sama jannati. Wannan gwaji yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙalubale har yau saboda tsayin girma da girma na Capsicum annuum, sunan Latin don barkono barkono.
Megan MacArthur, dan sama jannati NASA kuma injiniyan jirgi na Expedition 65, yana kawar da tarkace daga wurin zama na tashar sararin samaniya ta kasa da kasa, inda ake shuka Hatch Green chili don gwaji tare da amfanin gonakin sararin samaniya. Tushen barkono ya fara girma ne a ranar 12 ga Yuli, 2021. Wannan gwaji na ɗaya daga cikin mafi dadewa kuma mafi sarƙaƙƙiyar gwaje-gwajen tsirrai da aka taɓa yi a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje masu kewayawa.
Jacob Torres, masanin fasahar NASA kuma mai kula da lambu a arewacin New Mexico, ya taimaka wajen tantance irin ciyawar da aka yi amfani da ita wajen gwajin. Ana kiransa NuMex Española Ingantacce kuma farkon balagagge ne, matsakaicin zafi iri-iri wanda ake nomawa sosai a kusa da Hatch, New Mexico.
A lokacin gwajin, wannan barkono ya zarce sauran abokan hamayyarsa a cikin ikonsa na daidaitawa da manyan matakan carbon dioxide da microgravity na sararin samaniya yayin da yake kiyaye dandanon da ake so da bayanin sinadirai. "Ba wai kawai ya kasance zakara a New Mexico ba, har ma ya yi kyau sosai a gwaje-gwajen cancantar shiga sararin samaniya," in ji Spencer.
Torres yayi alfaharin yin aiki akan wannan aikin. "Kasancewa cikin wannan tawagar da kuma yin aiki a kan sabon barkono na Mexico da muka girma da gaske yana nufin komai a gare ni," in ji shi a cikin wata hira ta bidiyo. Kuma gwajin sararin samaniya ya zarce abin da ya zato.
“Manufarmu ita ce noman barkono guda. barkono mai sa'a daya. Kuma yanzu muna da kwasfa bakwai daga amfanin gona na farko kadai, ”in ji Torres.
Za a sake samun wani girbi bayan Godiya (2021 Nuwamba 21), in ji Spencer. Za a aika da wasu daga cikin wannan sabon rukunin barkono zuwa duniya don nazarin abinci mai gina jiki da lafiyar abinci.
Spencer ba ta da tabbas idan microgravity zai ƙara dandano na musamman ga barkono mai sa hannu, amma tana tsammanin gwajin zai haɓaka fasahar shuka barkono a ƙarƙashin yanayin cikin gida mai sarrafawa wanda ke amfani da ƙarancin ruwa.