Moon Tree Seedling Planting and Care Guidebook
This guide provides planting and care information for recipients of Moon Tree seedlings grown from seeds flown aboard the Artemis I mission. Instructions in the guide pertain to planting preparation, basic planting techniques, watering, weeding, mulching, protection of young seedlings, pruning, and general maintenance and health checks.
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See the solar eclipse on your National Forests and Grasslands!
The total solar eclipse of 2017, seen from the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. (USDA Photo Service photo by Cody Norris)
Complete darkness, like the middle of the night—except it’s the middle of the day, and just moments before, the sun shone brightly. Total solar eclipses, like the…
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Above and beyond: Moon tree cards celebrate Forest Service science in space
An Artemis Moon Tree card featuring Kayla Herriman, a Forest Service biological scientist at the Bend, Oregon, seed extractory, who helped analyze seeds before and after blastoff. Photo courtesy Natural Inquirer staff.
WASHINGTON, DC—Join the Natural Inquirer as it blasts into space with its Artemis…
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Seeds sent into space by NASA, Forest Service return to Earth, create new generation of “Moon Trees”
Kayla Herriman pauses from x-raying seeds to pose for a picture. (Photo courtesy Malcolm Howard).
Kayla Herriman is x-raying tree seeds that recently traveled 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon. The seeds completed their epic journey on NASA’s Orion spacecraft as part of the NASA’s Artemis program…
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Moon trees splash down on Earth
Experts from the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard practice Orion recovery techniques at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston because Orion (and the moon tree seeds) will return to Earth by splashing into the Pacific Ocean. NASA photo by James Blair.
WASHINGTON, DC—Sunday, Dec. 11, tiny passengers on board the Orion Spacecraft will make a…