legraLeGra<p>🌳 The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/giss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giss</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MoonTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonTree</span></a> arrived today</p><p>The first moon trees were from Apollo 14 when Stuart Roosa packed seeds in his bags as part of the US bicentennial:<br><a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/</span><span class="invisible">lunar/moon_tree.html</span></a></p><p>The idea of a tree grown of a seedling that had made its way around the moon piqued the interest of so many <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> lovers that the modern <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Artemis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artemis</span></a> team decided we needed a new cohort of inspirational, well traveled trees:<br><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/nasa-stem-artemis-moon-trees/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/learning-resources/na</span><span class="invisible">sa-stem-artemis-moon-trees/</span></a></p><p>Our sapling sweet gum is hanging out w plants on our living wall</p>