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22 April 2021By Jacinta Bowler
Update (22 April 2021): (click here) Since we first wrote about the Moon Trees, interest in these wonderful living relics of the Apollo era has renewed. Now, the Royal Astronomical Society and the UK Space Agency have begun a quest to search for these trees across Britain.
According to a recent BBC Radio 4 program, around 15 of these trees were planted in the UK. However, any records of how the seeds may have arrived in the country are nowhere to be found.
"Space has a wonderful way of inspiring people. We saw that excitement when space saplings grown from the seeds from Newton's apple tree were planted on our soil," says space exploration expert Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency.
"I'll be interested in discovering if any of the Moon seeds came to the UK and what has become of them."
To learn more about the Moon Trees, you can read our original article below.
Original (12 July 2019): On 31 January 1971, the Apollo 14 mission launched from Earth and spent nine days in space. Along with the necessary space gear, scientific equipment, and two golf balls, the Kitty Hawk command module was also housing 500 seeds....
