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Moon Trees

2026-01-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·35m 6s ·by WNYC Studios
Moon Trees
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About this episode

In 1971, a red-headed, tree-loving astronaut named Stu ‘Smokey’ Roosa was asked to take something to the moon with him. Of all things, he chose to take a canister of 500 tree seeds. After orbiting the moon 34 times, the seeds made it back to Earth. NASA decided to plant the seeds all across the coun