NASA looks to spice up astronaut menu with deep space

    International Space Station astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough, Akihiko Hoshide and Megan McArthur, pose with chile peppers grown in space for the first time aboard the orbiting laboratory platform for the Plant Habitat-04 investigation, in this undated handout picture. NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge seeks to expand on space-based food production technologies for future long-duration missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. NASA/Handout via REUTERS