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Moon Trees are living testaments to mankind’s first trips to the Moon: Where are they now? Updated Feb 08, 2021; Posted Feb 08, 2021 A sycamore Moon Tree planted at Mississippi State University in 1975 is the parent tree to many second-generation trees called Half-Moon Trees. Credits: NASA/Will Bryan Facebook Share In February 1971, onboard the Apollo 14 Command and Service Module Kitty Hawk, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa was conducting “observations, experiments, and scientific investigations” in lunar orbit, while his fellow crew members, Commander Alan Shepard and Lunar Module ...

By Rachel LeishmanFeb 5th, 2021, 2:09 pm According to  NASA, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa brought a canister of approximately 400-500 loblolly pine, sweetgum, redwood, Douglas fir, and sycamore tree seeds with him while he was on Apollo 14 Command and Service Module Kitty Hawk. Those seeds, when they returned to Earth, were then planted around the United States, and now we can go see these trees all grown up. So why is that exciting? Because, technically, they went to the Moon. Can’t believe trees went to space before I did. But more than that, it shows the brilliance of those who we...

Associated Press Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.) On this date: In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., during the Civil War. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. In 1948, aviation pioneer Orville Wright, 76, died in Dayton. In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise a...

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 31, 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery, sending it to states for ratification. (The amendment was adopted in December 1865.) On Jan. 31: In 1863, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many escaped slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1919, baseball Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga. In 1929, revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his family...

Today is Sunday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2021. There are 334 days left in the year.