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WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) UK Space Agency - Worms on a mission to research muscle loss in space Today (Thursday 3rd June), hundreds of tiny worms are being flown to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an experiment to understand more about human muscle loss and how to prevent it. Funded by the UK Space Agency, a team of scientists led by scientists from Nottingham and Exeter University, with hardware designed by Oxford-based Kayser Space, aims to determine the causes of muscle changes during spaceflight and find ways to mitigate these biological changes. D...

A New Search Has Begun For Moon Trees, The Glorious Legacy of Apollo 14 JACINTA BOWLER & SCIENCEALERT STAFF 22 APRIL 2021 Update (22 April 2021): 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 ...

Britain on the hunt for 'moon trees' grown from seeds sent to space A capsule orbited the moon before returning seeds to earth, where 60 trees were planted around the world A plaque at the base of the Fort Smith, Arkansas, 'moon tree' Credit: Jesse Berry/Creative Commons A hunt for Britain’s 'moon trees' grown from seeds sent to space has been launched by the UK Space Agency. Nasa sent around 500 seeds of various species on the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 to test the effects of deep space on growth for future human missions. A capsule manned by astronaut Stuart Roosa orbited the moon before r...

Where are the UK’s Moon Trees? Experts hunt for space saplings Updated: 20/04/2021, 1:15 pm It is thought that there are around 15 trees in the UK whose seeds were flown around the Moon in 1971 (Danny Lawson/PA) There may be as many as 15 trees in the UK grown from seeds that flew to the Moon during one of Nasa’s lunar missions, but their whereabouts remain unknown, according to experts. Around 500 seeds of different tree species were launched into space nearly five decades ago. They circled the Moon several times before returning to Earth. While most of these so-called “Moon Trees” e...

There could be 15 trees throughout the UK grown from seeds that were flown around the moon by NASA on the Apollo 14 mission, and scientists are trying to find them. The Moon Trees, grown from orbiting seeds flown in 1971, could be anywhere in the UK, including in private gardens, according to the Royal Astronomical Society. NASA astronaut Stuart Roosa took 500 seeds from Sycamore, Loblolly Pine and other varieties of trees with him as the Apollo 14 capsule orbited the moon. Most were planted in the US, but it is thought about 15 came to the UK - and now the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) an...