Flandrau's New "Moon Tree"
Tuesday
Flandrau plants a tree whose seed has orbited the moon
This week Flandrau welcomed a new tree to our building! This isn't any tree, either, as its seed has traveled to space and orbited the moon.
The sweetgum tree was a part of the Artemis One Mission that took place in 2022. The seed traveled farther than any human has, as the mission's purpose was to test equipment for humans to travel on it.
As the moon tree isn't native to Arizona, it needs more attention than most trees to survive our climate.
Come walk or drive by the north side of Flandrau to see the tree, which is literally and figuratively "out of this world!"