WASHINGTON, DC—Join the Natural Inquirer as it blasts into space with its Artemis Moon Tree card set. Alongside NASA and USDA Forest Service Conservation Education, Natural Inquirer created these cards to celebrate the Artemis Moon Tree project, which sent Forest Service seeds around the moon and deep into space as part of the Artemis I mission. Some cards feature Forest Service and NASA scientists and staff members who participated in the project. Other cards feature the people and trees behind the Apollo Moon Tree project, which sent seeds on a similar journey over 50 years ago with Forest Service smokejumper-turned-astronaut Stuart Roosa.

Seeds from five species—loblolly pine, Douglas fir, sycamore, giant sequoia and sweet gum—rode into space on the most current Moon Tree mission. Now back on Earth, these seeds will be germinated in Forest Service nurseries and extractories and eventually planted at public and education spaces.

Artemis Moon Tree cards—and other Natural Inquirer card sets—make great educational materials for visitor and interpretive centers, research stations and public events. Educational specialists and others can also use them to help visitors make their own scientists cards.

You can download or order a set of Artemis Moon Tree cards for free from the Natural Inquirer website. While you’re there, check out the full range of free Natural Inquirer products, which includes journals, coloring sheets, live programs and more.