Editing Moon tree (section)

{{Short description|Tree grown from seed carried on Apollo 14 or Artemis I}}
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[[Image:Bicentennial moon tree.jpg|thumb|upright|Bicentennial Moon Tree, planted in 1975 in [[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square]], Philadelphia]]
[[Image:MoonTreeArk.jpg|thumb|upright|Moon Tree in front of Sebastian County Courthouse, in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]]]
[[Image:Tree certificate.png |thumb|upright|Certificate of Authenticity of the Moon Tree in Piedmont, South Carolina.]]
[[File:Moon Tree in Piedmont, South Carolina, 1980s.png|thumb|Moon Tree in Piedmont, South Carolina, 1980s]]
[[File:Moon tree plaque, Waycross, GA.jpg|upright|thumb|Moon Tree, Waycross, Georgia]]
[[File:Plaque In and Moon Tree, Core Creek Park.jpg|thumb|382x382px|[[Acer_pseudoplatanus|Sycamore]] Moon Tree, planted in 1976 at [[Core Creek Park]], [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]]]]
'''Moon trees''' are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the [[Moon]], initially by [[Apollo 14]] in 1971, and later by [[Artemis I]] in 2022.<ref name="WP-20230923">{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=John|title=In 1971, tree seeds orbited the moon. Now they grow on Earth. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/23/apollo-moon-trees/ |date=September 23, 2023 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230923165638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/23/apollo-moon-trees/ |archivedate=September 23, 2023 |accessdate=September 23, 2023 }}</ref> The idea was first proposed by [[Edward P. Cliff]], then the [[History of the United States Forest Service#List of Forest Service chiefs|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: [[Pinus taeda|loblolly pine]], [[Platanus occidentalis|sycamore]], [[Liquidambar styraciflua|sweetgum]], [[Sequoia sempervirens|redwood]], and [[Douglas fir]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110209171139.htm |work=[[Science Daily]] |title=Race Against Time to Find Apollo 14's Lost Voyagers: 'Moon Trees' |date=February 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Trees... from the Moon |date=July 19, 2005 |first=Richard |last=Black |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4694361.stm |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> In 2022, NASA announced it would be reviving the Moon tree program by carrying 1,000 seeds aboard [[Artemis I]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2022 |title=NASA, USDA Forest Service Fly Next Generation of Moon Tree Seeds on Artemis I |work=[[NASA]] |url=https://www.nasa.gov/stem/feature/nasa-usda-forest-service-fly-next-generation-of-moon-tree-seeds-on-artemis-1/ |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>