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Fact #056 Missions

There are trees on Earth grown from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Apollo 14's command module pilot Stuart Roosa, a former smokejumper, carried around 500 tree seeds in his personal kit while orbiting the Moon. Most germinated on return and were planted around the United States in the 1970s. Several are still standing, and NASA has flown seeds again since.

Source: NASA history (opens in a new tab) · checked Aug 2026

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