Moon tree
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moon-tree-178-2528605
title:
Moon tree
text:
Moon trees are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon, initially by Apollo 14 in 1971, and later by Artemis 1 in 2022. The idea was first proposed by Edward P. Cliff, then the Chief of the United States Forest Service, who convinced Stuart Roosa, the Command Module Pilot 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 species of tree: loblolly pine, sycamore, sweetgum, redwoo
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Tree grown from seed carried on Apollo 14 or Artemis 1
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_tree
date created:
2004-12-09T23:33:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T16:34:42Z
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13
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