Southern California School Plants ‘Moon Tree’ Grown With Seeds Flown in Space

Students at Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School participate at a ceremony to plant a small Giant Sequoia tree from NASA's Artemis I Mission's tree seeds that traveled around the moon twice, in Lake Forest, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in California that is out of this world.

The so-called “Moon Tree”—grown with seeds that were flown around the moon—was wheeled out in a wagon accompanied by several students carrying shovels to help dig its new home at Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School in Lake Forest.