posted 03-30-2018 11:47 AM               

The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) is a deployable plant growth unit capable of producing salad-type crops to provide the crew with a palatable, nutritious, and safe source of fresh food and a tool to support relaxation and recreation. The Veggie provides lighting and nutrient delivery, but utilizes the cabin environment for temperature control and as a source of carbon dioxide to promote growth.

posted 03-30-2018 11:51 AM               

Iconic kitchen and housewares company Tupperware Brands, and Techshot Inc., a commercial space enterprise, partnered to further develop the concept and manufacture spaceflight-qualified PONDS plant growth units for use aboard the ISS. Up to six can be installed in Veggie at one time. Like the plant pillows, the PONDS devices are single-use items, which can be discarded after the plants are grown and harvested on orbit. However, unlike the plant pillows, PONDS can also be returned, refurbished, and reflown in space.

posted 11-08-2021 12:27 PM               

A chile pepper is pictured suspended in weightlessness inside the International Space Station's "window to the world," the seven-windowed cupola. An insignia representing the Plant Habitat-04 investigation that successfully grew chile peppers in space for the first time is depicted next to the pepper.