FERNWOOD, MI – There’s a sycamore tree in Michigan that has been to the moon and back. Astronaut Stuart Roosa brought thousands of tree seeds on the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. Later, four young trees ...
RICHMOND, Ind. — A moon tree is growing in Indiana, and it isn't the first. On Aug. 2, the Hayes Arboretum in Richmond announced it had been chosen to host a 'moon tree.' The Sweetgum tree is back on ...
The story of Apollo 14 pilot Stuart Roosa’s pocketful of seeds might seem quaint if it weren’t so absurd. It all starts in 1971, as Roosa flies to the Moon with a small forest of seeds in his pocket.
One-by-one, students at Dallastown Area Intermediate School took turns shoveling dirt around a newly planted "Moon Tree" that is intended to inspire reaching for the stars. Seeds of a variety of trees ...
When Apollo 14 returned to Earth in 1971, it brought with it an unexpected legacy: hundreds of tree seeds that had orbited the Moon. These seeds, later called “Moon Trees,” were part of a small ...
BERNARDSTON — Bernardston Elementary School students and staff can now say they have a little piece of space in their schoolyard. On Tuesday, elementary school staff and students, accompanied by ...