COLUMBIA — The planting of more than 3 million trees across South Carolina on Earth Day serves as a practical lesson on how the state's economic prosperity depends on a healthy environment, officials ...

"Moon Trees" are starting to grow on Earth. They got that name because as seeds they spent some time in space. In late 2022, a NASA flight around the moon carried a variety of tree seeds. After their ...

In the case that you ever visit central South Carolina, you will want to check out our Congaree National Park, one of the most breathtaking places in the world. It boasts an impressive diversity of ...

Gov. Henry McMaster announces an initiative to plant more than 3 million pine trees in South Carolina. It’s part of an effort to help control flooding. In the background, immediately to the governor’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Some out-of-this-world trees are now home and ready to begin inspiring a new generation. NASA is preparing to distribute "moon tree" seedlings that have sprouted from seeds ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Officials with Alabama State Parks, the Von Braun Astronomical Society, city leaders, and a NASA representative all came together Thursday to dedicate a Moon Tree at Monte ...

The Athens Moon Tree was rededicated by a group of about 30 people Friday who stood in the big pine’s shade as a new historical marker was unveiled for what the city now considers a “cultural resource ...

Back in 1976, the Athens Banner-Herald reported on the planting of a “Moon Tree” that “may rival” the city’s legendary Tree That Owns Itself. However, the Moon Tree's reputation never germinated. The ...

Fifty years ago, NASA’s Apollo 14 completed the third crewed mission to the moon. On board the spacecraft as it landed in the Pacific Ocean on February 9, 1971, was some unusual cargo – about 500 tree ...