CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Some out-of-this-world trees are now home and ready to begin inspiring a new generation. NASA is preparing to distribute "moon tree" seedlings that have sprouted from seeds ...
The story of Apollo 14 pilot Stuart Roosa’s pocketful of seeds might seem quaint if it weren’t so absurd. It all starts in 1971, as Roosa flies to the Moon with a small forest of seeds in his pocket.
After the launch of Apollo 11 from Cape Kennedy in 1969, Orlando’s Roman Catholic bishop said he should be the bishop of the moon. That was never made official, but now at least one of the diocese’s ...
Several K-12 schools and universities in North Carolina have been selected to receive “Moon Trees” from NASA. NASA’s Moon Tree initiative started back in 1971 when astronaut Stuart Roosa carried tree ...
Dennis Worsham inherited a lunar legacy – and burden – when he bought former NASA astronaut Stuart Roosa’s home in west Austin. Roosa had carried as many as 500 tree seeds on his Apollo 14 mission in ...
BERNARDSTON — Bernardston Elementary School students and staff can now say they have a little piece of space in their schoolyard. On Tuesday, elementary school staff and students, accompanied by ...