Purple Spud in Orbit: Pettit's Space-Grown Potato Revealed
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NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted a photo of a purple potato grown on the International Space Station, jokingly called Spudnik-1. The purple hue comes from anthocyanins, and Pettit's post highlights ongoing space farming experiments and technologies like Veggie and Advanced Plant Habitat aimed at producing food for long-duration missions.
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