Williams began to hear from people around the United States who had seen trees with plaques identifying them as Moon trees. Williams began to manage a database listing details about …

A Moon tree is any of several trees grown from seeds that were flown around the Moon during the Apollo 14 lunar mission (January 31–February 9, 1971).

May 23, 2025 · The Apollo 14 Moon Trees were grown into seedlings by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Services and eventually disseminated to national monuments and …

Jan 2, 2026 · In 1971, a red-headed, tree-loving astronaut named Stu ‘Smokey’ Roosa was asked to take something to the moon with him. Of all things, he chose to take a canister of 500 tree …

This series of online learning adventures explores the past, present, and future of Moon Trees through conversations with NASA and the Forest Service scientists.

Moon Trees are trees grown from seed that went to the moon and back to earth on a NASA space flight. The first,set of moon trees were aboard the Apollo 14 space flight.

Aug 27, 2025 · Explore the astonishing journey of the Moon Trees, from their lunar orbit aboard Apollo 14 to their planting across Earth. Discover how these celestial saplings connect us to …

Learn all about the first generation of Moon Trees in this article from NASA. The seeds that orbited the Moon on Artemis I are from loblolly pine, Douglas-fir, giant sequoia, American …

Dec 11, 2024 · NASA’s “new generation” Moon trees originally blossomed from NASA’s Apollo 14 mission, where NASA astronaut Stuart Roosa carried tree seeds into lunar orbit. NASA’s Next …

Overview: The original Moon Trees are trees that sprouted from seeds taken into lunar orbit in 1971 by astronaut Stuart Roosa aboard the Apollo 14. Around 80 Moon Trees are now …