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The Moon Tree Mystery Unveiled

Did you know there are "moon trees" on Earth? In 1971, astronaut Stuart Roosa took hundreds of seeds on the Apollo 14 mission. These seeds orbited the moon, and after their return, they were planted across the U.S. The resulting "moon trees" include species like loblolly pine, sycamore, and Douglas fir, providing a living connection to space exploration history.
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