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Most have probably never noticed the 30-foot tall tree, but NASA has. It's a moon tree, specifically a second-generation moon tree, a tree whose seeds have taken the long way to find home.

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Although several original moon trees were sent to New York in 1976, the district stated there are no records that they were ever planted, making this tree even more special to the community.

That tree, which Sailstad visited years earlier, inspired him to apply for a Moon Tree on behalf of Durham Parks and Recreation in 2023, after learning about NASA’s tree program.

And the Moon Tree sycamore in Birmingham -- after nearly 39 years -- is very good shape, according to Krebbs. "it has great irrigation, great sunlight and it really likes where it's at," he said.

Students at Sprucewood Elementary School in Sandy use shovels to put dirt into the hole as they participate in a "moon tree" planting on Tuesday. The tree was grown from a seed that flew on NASA's ...

That leaves 71 known, living Moon Trees from more than 2,000 seeds. Michigan's Moon Tree, a sycamore at Fernwood Botanical Garden in Niles, is the last of four that were planted in the state in 1976.

The tree was grown from a second-generation seed from seeds flown to the moon and returned to Earth by the crew of Apollo 14 in 1971. AFP PHOTO / Tim Sloan (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP ...

The moon tree program is a sequel, of sorts, to the original moon trees grown from seeds taken to space by Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa, who worked for the U.S. Forest Service before joining NASA.