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.

NASA History noted that Moon Tree saplings were “gifted to schools, universities, parks, and government offices, many as part of the U.S. bicentennial celebrations in 1976,” with locations ...

Williams’ moon tree page is still going strong, with a current tally of 80 verified trees. Some entries, like a loblolly pine planted at the White House, are marked with an asterisk to note that ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: In late 2022, a NASA flight around the moon carried a variety of tree seeds. After their time in space, they returned to Earth. And now, the hope is that they will become moon ...

Roosa had carried as many as 500 tree seeds on his Apollo 14 mission in 1971. He planted one of those seeds, a sycamore that spent nine days in space and circled the moon 34 times, in his backyard.

Roughly 2,000 seeds were flown on the Artemis I mission. The seeds will now become official Moon Trees here on Earth. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 25, 2023 11:15 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

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 seeds traveled to the moon and back on the Apollo 14 mission ...