They are grown from seeds that have been on a satellite of the Earth.
The Royal Astronomical Society and the UK Space Agency are looking for “lunar” trees growing in the kingdom. Half a century ago, during the flight to the moon of the American spacecraft Apollo 14, on board there were half a thousand seeds of various trees – pine, redwood, fir and plane tree. When the expedition returned to Earth, the seeds germinated, and a dozen seedlings were donated to Great Britain. They were dropped off in different parts of the country, but the exact information where exactly was not preserved.
And now it was decided to find the “moon” trees in order to find out what became of them. By the way, these trees are not the only ones whose biographies are associated with space. Five years ago, astronaut Tom Peak, during an expedition to the International Space Station, took with him seeds from the famous apple tree, thanks to which Newton once discovered the law of universal gravitation. This apple tree is still alive and even bears fruit. And from seeds that spent almost two hundred days in space, sprouts appeared in the past year, Sciencealert reports.