In 1971, when astronaut Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of seeds in a metal capsule aboard the ship with the Apollo mission, he began the "Artemis Moon Trees" project, driven by NASA and the United States Forest Service. NASA's Office of Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) partnered with the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to transport seeds of five tree species aboard the Artemis …
In 1971, when astronaut Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of seeds in a metal capsule aboard the ship with the Apollo mission, he began the "Artemis Moon Trees" project, driven by NASA and the United States Forest Service. NASA's Office of Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) partnered with the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to transport seeds of five tree species aboard the Artemis …