NASA astronaut Scott Kelley declared the first flower grown in space publicly via his Twitter account on Jan. 16.
First ever flower grown in space makes its debut! #SpaceFlower #zinnia #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/2uGYvwtLKr
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 16, 2016
Other flowering plants such as tomatoes are in the pipeline.
If the other experiments are successful, they could pave the way to a new era when astronauts on long-term missions could grow their own produce, reports councilchronicle.com.
NASA thinks this might be a reality in 2018.
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