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hi i'm nasa kennedy's michelle spencer

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and i'm taking you

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inside ksc boeing cst 100 starliner

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spacecraft for orbital flight test 2 is

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ready for its ride to space atop

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united launch alliance atlas 5 rocket

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starliner traveled from kennedy's

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commercial crew and cargo processing

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facility

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at cape canaveral space force station

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with the spacecraft now attached to the

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rocket oft2 is set to launch starliner

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on a mission to rendezvous and dock to

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the international space station july

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30th

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chili peppers will soon tempt the taste

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buds of astronauts on the space station

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nasa astronaut shane kimbrough recently

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activated the plant habitat o4

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experiment

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containing hatch chili pepper seeds it

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took researchers here at kennedy two

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years evaluating more than two dozen

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pepper varieties before selecting hybrid

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new mex espanola improved pepper

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the peppers will grow for about four

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months before astronauts harvest them

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the team at kennedy is part of ongoing

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research to supplement astronauts

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pre-packaged food with vitamins and

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nutrients from fresh produce enabling

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long-duration missions far from earth

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