{"id":149617,"date":"2025-03-22T11:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/officials-dedicate-moon-tree-at-monte-sano-state-park\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:36:13","slug":"officials-dedicate-moon-tree-at-monte-sano-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=149617","title":{"rendered":"Officials dedicate Moon Tree at Monte Sano State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Officials from Alabama State Parks and the Von Braun Astronomical Society gathered Thursday with city leaders and representatives from NASA to dedicate a Moon Tree \u2013 a tree grown from seeds flown on American spacecraft in lunar orbit \u2013 that has been planted at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alapark.com\/parks\/monte-sano-state-park\"><span class=\"s2\">Monte Sano State Park<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/nasa-stem-artemis-moon-trees\/\">NASA\u2019s Office of STEM Engagement<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0selected the Von Braun Astronomical Society to receive the tree, and VBAS partnered with Alabama State Parks to have it planted at Monte Sano State Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur partnership with Von Braun Astronomical Society dates back decades, and it\u2019s wonderful that this partnership has led to the planting of this amazing Moon Tree,\u201d said Alabama State Parks Director Matthew Capps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2022, seeds of several different tree species traveled into lunar orbit aboard the\u00a0Orion spacecraft as part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-i\/\"><span class=\"s2\">the Artemis I mission<\/span><\/a>. The seeds spent more than 25 days in space before returning to Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vbas.org\/\">The Von Braun Astronomical Society<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, applied to NASA to receive a tree and learned it had been selected to receive one earlier this year. The tree, a loblolly pine, arrived this week and was immediately planted at Monte Sano State Park. This is the first Moon Tree awarded to an astronomical society and recognizes the significant education and outreach done by the society volunteers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The current Moon Tree plantings pay homage to a similar program conducted as part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-14\/\"><span class=\"s2\">the Apollo 14 mission in 1971<\/span><\/a>, when seeds accompanied astronauts Alan Shepherd and Edgar Mitchell, who became the fifth and sixth humans to walk on the moon. The Apollo 14 Moon Trees were grown into seedlings by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Services and placed around the world, including some distributed as part of the U.S. bicentennial in 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Artemis Moon Trees are intended to serve as\u00a0a celebration of the future of space exploration, and placing one in Huntsville holds special significance, considering the loblolly seed was sent into lunar orbit by a rocket developed at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Moon Tree, located near the John Scoble Memorial Pavilion in the park, will be protected by fencing and permanent signage will be installed soon to commemorate its significance. Visitors to the park will also be encouraged to use the #MonteSanoMoonTree hashtag when posting about it on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s4\">\u201cThe Monte Sano Moon Tree serves as an inspirational symbol of the relationship between earth and space,\u201d said Alex Hall, president of the Von Braun Astronomical Society. \u201cThis space traveler reminds us to look to the stars and holds special meaning for many of our members who have been and continue to be involved in the exploration of space. We can\u2019t wait to see people posting selfies with the tree on social media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from Alabama State Parks and the Von Braun Astronomical Society gathered Thursday with city leaders and representatives from NASA to dedicate a Moon Tree \u2013 a tree grown from seeds flown on American spacecraft in lunar orbit \u2013 that has been planted at\u00a0Monte Sano State Park. 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