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In 1971 Stuart Roosa — the command module pilot of Apollo 14 — carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon.

In February 1971, onboard the Apollo 14 Command and Service Module Kitty Hawk, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa was conducting “observations, experiments, and scientific investigations” in lunar ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Author Willie G. Moseley will discuss and autograph his book, "Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa" in the Digital Theater of the ...

When Apollo 14 returned to Earth in 1971, it brought with it an unexpected legacy: hundreds of tree seeds that had orbited the Moon. These seeds, later called “Moon Trees,” were part of a small ...

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 ...

The Moon Tree Foundation will celebrate Stuart Roosa and the 50th anniversary of his Apollo 14 mission from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Thursday at Roosa Park. Col. Roosa was born in Durango and went on to ...

I was watching “Mysteries at the Museum” recently and they had a story about NASA astronaut Stuart Roosa, born in Durango, and his “Moon trees.” I was curious enough to check where they were planted ...

The clone of the tree that grew from a seed that went to the moon doesn’t look like much.

WASHINGTON – NASA’s senior leadership Thursday noted with sorrow the passing of Joan Roosa of Gulfport, Miss., the wife of Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa. Roosa passed away Oct. 30. “We wish to ...

With a pop like a potato chip bag bursting, the plastic bags holding hundreds of itty-bitty tree seeds exploded like confetti across the vacuum chamber. It’s February 1971, and astronaut Stuart Roosa ...