Mississippi Gulf Coast resident Rosemary Roosa - daughter of Apollo 14 command module pilot Col. "Stu" Roosa - currently runs the 'Moon Tree Foundation' non-profit organization to honor her father’s legacy of tree seeds taken aboard and returned to Earth and planted from his 1971 mission. There are about 70 original moon trees remaining. With a coordination between NASA, The National Forestry Service and the Moon Tree Foundation, those trees will be replenished. About 1,000 seeds will be carried on the Artemis I mission and Roosa will return to Cape Kennedy - like when she was a child - to witness the launch. (Source: WLOX 08/24/22) Artemis to carry more ‘Moon Trees’ to revive astronaut’s dream (wlox.com)
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