Moon tree

<p>Moon trees are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the <a href="/facts/Moon/zKHqEMPb">Moon</a>, initially by <a href="/facts/Apollo_14/SuokTzAu">Apollo 14</a> in 1971, and later by <a href="/facts/Artemis_I/X1hVaBxT">Artemis I</a> in 2022. The idea was first proposed by <a href="/facts/Edward_P._Cliff/caV8WXeT">Edward P. Cliff</a>, then the <a href="/facts/History_of_the_United_States_Forest_Service/GAhoh0Xk">Chief</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Forest_Service/NRzYYHhc">United States Forest Service</a>, who convinced <a href="/facts/Stuart_Roosa/tjgUx2Hp">Stuart Roosa</a>, the <a href="/facts/Command_Module_Pilot/SMmsDTLu">Command Module Pilot</a> on the Apollo 14 mission, to bring a small canister containing about 500 seeds aboard the module in 1971. Seeds for the experiment were chosen from five <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of tree: <a href="/facts/Pinus_taeda/TWFb1dff">loblolly pine</a>, <a href="/facts/Platanus_occidentalis/aFtF4QPl">sycamore</a>, <a href="/facts/Liquidambar_styraciflua/vLfcbxd9">sweetgum</a>, <a href="/facts/Sequoia_sempervirens/ozsuDuve">redwood</a>, and <a href="/facts/Douglas_fir/AhxXILF4">Douglas fir</a>. In 2022, NASA announced it would be reviving the Moon tree program by carrying 1,000 seeds aboard <a href="/facts/Artemis_I/X1hVaBxT">Artemis I</a>.
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Moon tree open-in-new

Moon tree