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Bookmark or Share- Moon Trees Stand as Living Testaments to First Voyages to MoonFive decades after the mission that took seeds to the Moon, the trees that grew from the seeds stand as living, leafy testaments to humanity’s first voyages to the Moon, while the crops grown in space since enable the continuation of humanity’s exploration of the cosmos.
- Learn About the First Moon Trees - NASAKnown as the “Moon Trees”, the resulting seedlings were planted throughout the United States (often as part of the nation’s bicentennial in 1976) and the world. They stand as a tribute to astronaut Roosa and the Apollo program. Read About the First Moon Trees.
- NASA STEM Artemis Moon TreesAfter careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew around the Moon on the agency’s Artemis I mission in 2022, to plant in their communities.
- Moon tree - WikipediaSycamore Moon Tree, planted in 1976 at Core Creek Park, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Moon trees are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon, initially by Apollo 14 in 1971, and later by Artemis 1 in 2022. [1]
- Moon Trees: The Story of the Seeds That Went to Outer Space - TreehuggerThey came from five species: loblolly pine, sycamore, sweetgum, redwood, and Douglas fir. The seeds orbited with Roosa while commander Alan Shephard and lunar module pilot Edgar...
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