Taking just a quick drive southeast from Columbus can bring you to a tree that left this world and returned. Through collaboration between the United States Forest Service and NASA, Wayne National ...

The current Moon Tree plantings pay homage to a similar program conducted as part of the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.

But trees can be taken to the moon, and then brought back. In 1971, seeds were sent up on the Apollo 14 mission to the moon. The seeds were sprouted after returning to Earth, then the special ...

The lunar veterans are trees that flew as seeds with astronauts on the Apollo 14 mission, which went to the moon in 1971. After returning to terra firma, the petite passengers became highly prized ...

The Moon Tree, located near the John Scoble Memorial Pavilion in the park, will be protected by fencing and permanent signage ...

The Artemis Moon Trees take inspiration from their Apollo precursors. In 1971, NASA astronaut Stuart Roosa, the command ...

The Olympia Regional Learning Academy is the proud recipient of a Moon Tree, planted February 27, 2025, on school grounds.

(Photo from Alabama State Parks) Hall said back in the early 1970s, seeds that went around the moon on Apollo 14 were similarly planted in Huntsville. “This tree for us is such an awesome symbol ...

More precise dating of Apollo 14 moon rocks pegs age at 4.51 billion years A precise age is important for understanding how Earth evolved and how the solar system behaved in its formative years ...

The loblolly pine tree arrived this week and was planted at Monte Sano State Park Thursday. The planting pays homage to a similar program during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971, when seeds traveled to ...