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Zinnia flowers were grown on the space station by Nasa researchers. Photo: Nasa

Nearly all 28 of the chickpea seeds germinated on the International Space Station. Photo: Space Hummus team

Latest results show that the ones on the space station grew slightly faster than the ones planted on Earth as a controlled experiment. Photo: Space Hummus team

Israeli researchers are leading the ‘Space Hummus’ experiment, in which 28 chickpea seeds were sent to the International Space Station aboard a Nasa cargo mission on February 19. Photo: Space Hummus

The chickpea seeds are growing inside a miniature greenhouse after being planted in a special nutrition-filled gel instead of soil. Photo: Space Hummus

Hummus is a protein-packed meal that uses very few ingredients. Astronauts eat dehydrated food stored inside packets. But by growing their own crops, they could add nutrition to their diets on long missions on the Moon. Photo: Simply Hummus

The space station already has a garden that researchers have been using for years to grow different kinds of plants. Photo: Nasa

Arabidopsis seeds, small flowering plants related to cabbage and mustard, grew for about six weeks on the International Space Station. Photo: Nasa

Nasa grows red Russian kale and dragoon lettuce on the space station. Photo: Nasa

Zinnia flowers were grown on the space station by Nasa researchers. Photo: Nasa

Nearly all 28 of the chickpea seeds germinated on the International Space Station. Photo: Space Hummus team

Latest results show that the ones on the space station grew slightly faster than the ones planted on Earth as a controlled experiment. Photo: Space Hummus team

Israeli researchers are leading the ‘Space Hummus’ experiment, in which 28 chickpea seeds were sent to the International Space Station aboard a Nasa cargo mission on February 19. Photo: Space Hummus

The chickpea seeds are growing inside a miniature greenhouse after being planted in a special nutrition-filled gel instead of soil. Photo: Space Hummus

Hummus is a protein-packed meal that uses very few ingredients. Astronauts eat dehydrated food stored inside packets. But by growing their own crops, they could add nutrition to their diets on long missions on the Moon. Photo: Simply Hummus

The space station already has a garden that researchers have been using for years to grow different kinds of plants. Photo: Nasa

Arabidopsis seeds, small flowering plants related to cabbage and mustard, grew for about six weeks on the International Space Station. Photo: Nasa

Nasa grows red Russian kale and dragoon lettuce on the space station. Photo: Nasa

Zinnia flowers were grown on the space station by Nasa researchers. Photo: Nasa

Space hummus? Israeli researchers to grow chickpeas on space station

The protein-packed staple dish of the Middle East could be a valuable addition to astronauts' diets

February 10, 2022

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