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Staying Up To Date
- NASA Artemis blog home page: A running blog thread with information from past missions and updates on current ones.
- NASA STEM Artemis Moon Trees
Forest Service staff Heidi McAllister and Rachel Bayer, along with Rachel’s daughters Samantha and Veronika, with astronauts (left to right) Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen at the June 4, 2024, moon tree seedling planting at the U.S. Capitol. NASA photo.
April 2026
- West Windsor’s Arbor Day Celebration and Moon Tree Dedication
- Cascadia Tech Academy Moon Tree Planting featured in their newsletter
March 2026
- WCTI News 12 YouTube video: Artemis I “Moon Tree” dedicated at White Oak High School
February 2026
- WCMU Public Media: To the moon and back, one sycamore’s journey to Traverse City
January 2026
- Radiolab Podcast: Moon Trees
December 2025
- NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Facebook Video: Moon Tree’s Second Christmas
November 2025
- Jeffco Public Schools – Colorado YouTube Video: Planting a Moon Tree at Maple Grove
- NASA Goddard YouTube Video: Planting an Artemis I Moon Tree
October 2025
- Terrestrials Podcast – The Travelers: How Moon Trees Hide Among Us
September 2025
- Western Kentucky Community and Technical College article: From Moon Mission to Paducah Soil: Challenger Center to Reveal Name of Artemis Moon Tree
August 2025
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Boise State article: Department of Physics to plant Artemis Moon tree, ceremony Sept. 5
July 2025
- West Windsor-Plainsboro School District article: High School South Artemis I Moon Tree
West Windsor-Plainsboro School Moon Tree.
June 2025
- Poudre School District article: NASA “Moon Tree” Brought to Poudre High School as Part of Stewardship Program
- Von Braun Astronomical Society (VBAS) YouTube Video: Visit our Moon Tree!
May 2025
- Idaho State University Article: The Idaho Museum of Natural History Receives Artemis I Moon Tree
April 2025
- Lunar and Planetary Institute article: Artemis I Moon Tree Takes Root at the LPI
- Southern Illinois University article: Artemis “Moon Tree” Arrives at SIUE; Seedling that Traveled Space Scheduled for Planting at The Gardens at SIUE on Earth Day
- Mars Hill University article: Mars Hill University to Host Dedication Ceremony for NASA “Moon Tree”
- Southern Illinois University article: SIUE Earth Day Highlight: Artemis Moon Tree Has a New Home
- South Carolina Govenor’s School for Science and Mathematics article: GSSM Dedicates Artemis I Moon Tree on Campus
- Adams Elementary YouTube video: Adams Elementary Moon Tree Planting | Earth Day 2025
- KATU 2 News article: Camas High School to plant rare ‘Moon Tree’ from NASA’s Artemis I mission
March 2025
- NASA article: NASA Langley Dedicates Artemis Moon Tree
- San Antonio College article: Families Flock to Scobee Education Center for Moon Tree Dedication
NASA Langley’s Artemis Moon Tree, a loblolly pine. NASA/Ryan Hill
February 2025
- Yahoo News article: Meet Luna: Park Elementary becomes one of 50 schools to plant NASA “Moon Tree”
January 2025
- The Kennedy Center YouTube video: The Kennedy Center Moon Tree
December 2024
- Red Clay Schools Facebook Video: Skyline Middle School is Over the Moon, Literally!
- NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center reel: O Moon Tree, O Moon Tree, How lovely are your branches!
- NASA article: They Grow So Fast: Moon Tree Progress Since NASA’s Artemis I Mission
- United States Space Force article: Artemis Moon Tree finds home at USAFA through STARCOM partnership
November 2024
- University of Arizona Arboretum article: The Moon Trees
- NASA article: NASA Stennis Plants Artemis Moon Tree
- Penn State article: Arboretum at Penn State to plant ‘Moon Tree’ in children’s garden
- WLKY News video: Hazelwood Elementary School receives ‘out of this world’ learning tool from NASA
- NBCLA News video: Orange County kids grow tree from NASA’s Artemis mission seedling
- United States Space Force article: Artemis Moon Tree finds home at USAFA through STARCOM partnership
- The Kennedy Center exhibits webpage: Earth to Space – Moon Tree
- Marshall University article: Marshall University Dedicates Artemis Moon Tree on Huntington Campus
October 2024
- NBC 4’s Los Angeles news report: Seedlings from NASA’s Artemis mission planted at Orange County school
- Fox 11 YouTube video: OC school plants ‘moon tree’
- City of Livermore California article: NASA Moon Tree
- AP News article: A Southern California School Plants a ‘Moon Tree’ Grown with Seeds Flown in Space
- Rowan University article: Rowan named custodian for an Artemis Moon Tree
- ABC 27 News article: A tree from space now finds a home after being planted by York County students
- Young Harris College article: YHC Plants “Moon Tree” on Campus
- Fox 13 Salt Lake City news article: Out-of-this-world ‘Moon Tree’ which went to space now planted at West Valley School
- York Daily Record article: Reaching for the Stars: The Moon Tree at Dallastown
- York Daily Record article: Dallastown Area Intermediate School students plant a ‘Moon Tree’ that traveled into space
- IS TV YouTube video: NASA Moon Tree at DAIS
The city of Livermore's Giant sequoia Moon Tree.
September 2024
- University of Florida IFS blog post: Landed and Planted! Artemis Moon Tree Seedling Finds Home with Apollo 14 Moon Tree in Clay County, Florida
- New Paltz Physics and Astronomy article: Artemis Moon Tree
- University Of Pittsburgh Pittwire article: A Moon Tree is Taking Root Near Pitt’s Historic Allegheny Observatory
August 2024
- NAAEE blog post: History in the Moonlight: Reflections Through Generations
June 2024
- Inside the Forest Service article: Moon trees land at U.S. Capitol
- YouTube video: Moon Tree Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol
- NASA article: Moon Tree Planted at U.S. Capitol Marks Enduring NASA, Artemis Legacy
- NASA article: Moon Tree Dedication with Artemis II Crew
- Kentucky: Artemis II Astronauts & Congressional Leaders Plant Moon Tree on U.S. Capitol Grounds, Carrying on Apollo-Era Legacy
- Architect of the Capitol article: Tree Dedicated Honoring NASA’s Artemis Missions
- University of Nebraska article: Galactic journey brings ‘Moon Tree’ to Nebraska U
- InfoAge Science and History Museum article: NASA Moon Tree lands at InfoAge Science and History Museums
- McMinnville School District article: Willamette Plants a “Moon Tree”
- University of West Florida news article: Media invited to NASA Artemis ‘Moon Tree’ unveiling ceremony
- WMUR-TV news video: “Moon Tree” that flew on the Artemis I mission planted at Barnstead Elementary School
- Forestr article: ForestR Pocket Parks – Artemis Park
May 2024
- PBS North Carolina article: Artemis ‘Moon Tree’ Lands in North Carolina
- East Georgia State College article: NASA “Moon Tree” Finds Forever Home at East Georgia State College
- Montverde Academy YouTube video: MVA “Moon Tree” Dedication
- Granger Elementary School article: Granger Elementary School Receives Artemis I “Moon Tree” Seedling From NASA
- Dekalb Country School District article: Sagamore Hills Elementary’s Moon Tree Planting
- Bronx Community College article: BCC Selected As One Of 50 Sites Nationwide To Receive Moon Tree Seedling From NASA
- Keep America Beautiful article: NASA ‘Moon Tree’ Takes Root in South Carolina Soil
- Seminole County article: Seminole County school receives ‘Moon Tree’ grown from seed that flew on Artemis 1
- Keep America Beautiful article: NASA ‘Moon Tree’ Takes Root in South Carolina Soil
Douglas-fir Moon Tree seedlings growing in the nursery.
April 2024
- Troy University blog post: Troy University receives “Moon Tree” from NASA’s Artemis I Mission
- UTA article: UTA Receives Moon Tree from Nasa’s Artemis I Lunar Mission
March 2024
- Southwestern Oregon Community College article: Southwestern to plant NASA Moon Tree on Coos Campus – April 3, 2024
January 2024
- GLOBE Observer news article: Looking Back at the NASA Artemis Moon Trees Quest 2023
October 2023
- Forest Service Conservation Education information on LIVE programs: Moon Trees LIVE
Back to TopAugust 2023
- GLOBE Observer events post: Moon Trees and You: From Apollo to Artemis with The GLOBE Program’s GLOBE Observer Trees
- Inside the Forest Servicwe article: Above and beyond: Moon Tree cards celebrate Forest Service science in space
- NASA news release: NASA, Forest Service to Share Moon Tree Seedlings, Promote STEM
Apollo Moon Trees from left to right, a sycamore in Atchinson, Kansas; a sycamore in Greenbelt, Maryland; a sycamore in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; and a redwood in Monterey, California.
June 2023
- Inside the Forest Service article: Kids and seedlings grow together at Michigan plant nursery
March 2023
- Forest Service featured story article: Seeds sent into space by NASA, Forest Service return to Earth, create new generation of “Moon Trees”
- Project Learning Tree article about Moon Trees LIVE: Seeds in Outer Space! Moon Trees LIVE
Artemis Moon Tree seeds packaged in plastic ravioli-like packaging to secure them for space.
December 2022
- Inside the Forest Service article: Moon trees splash down on Earth
October 2022
- Inside the Forest Service article: Moon Trees LIVE October 27th
Artemis Moon tree seedlings growing in a nursery.
August 2022
- Inside the Forest Service article: To infinity and beyond: Project moon tree, take II
- NASA learning resources article: NASA, USDA Forest Service Fly Next Generation of Moon Tree Seeds on Artemis I
February 2021
- NASA Earth Observatory blog post: What in the World are Moon Trees?
- OKRESA article: The Moon Tree
An Apollo Moon Tree standing outside Kennedy Space Center.
