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Utah's Lone Surviving Moon Tree Faces Uncertain Future

from KSL-FM, July 20, 2020

Utah's Lone Surviving Moon Tree Faces Uncertain Future KSL-FM, July 20, 2020 Almost half a century ago, astronaut Stuart Roosa orbited the moon in the command module nicknamed the Kitty Hawk. Inside his personal kit: hundreds of tree seeds he carried into space as part of a joint U.S. Forest Service/NASA experiment. Armed with a small canister, Roosa carried about 400–500 seeds made up of Loblolly Pine, Sycamore, Sweetgum, Redwood, and Douglas Fir into space. The seeds made the trip to the moon and back. Then, the forest service germinated them. They gave them out to state forestry organizations as part of the country's bicentennial celebrations. READ MORE

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