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Astronaut Taquera Makes First-Ever Taco Made From [Hatch] Chiles Grown In Space, Says They Are the ‘Best Space Tacos Yet’

4:34 PM PDT on November 1, 2021

Megan McArthur and her floating taco aboard ISS, credit: Astro_Megan/Twitter

[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he bad news?

Earth may very well become uninhabitable in the near future, forcing what’s left of humanity to flee into space in search of suitable living conditions on another planet.

The good news?

There will be tacos.

On Twitter, NASA astronaut and UCLA grad Megan McArthur showed off the galactic tacos she and her comrades prepared in orbit on the International Space Station last week. As seen in her photos, the taco even floated in the air.