Dr Al Baz is surrounded by Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM) pilots, from left: Michael Collins (Apollo 11), Richard Gordon (Apollo 12),
Stuart Roosa (Apollo 14), and Alfred Worden (Apollo 15) at a 1994 "Salute to Apollo" in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
In 1971, hundreds of tree seeds were carried into space by astronaut
Stuart Roosa, but when Apollo 14 returned to Earth, a mishap caused them to mix.
Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut
Stuart Roosa by Willie G.
In 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and
Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon.
About 500 tree seeds orbited around the moon in the command module with astronaut
Stuart Roosa, while Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell walked on the moon's surface.
In 1971 astronaut
Stuart Roosa took part in the Apollo 14 mission, which put men on the moon for the third time.
They are 'moon trees' - redwood, loblolly pine, sycamore, Douglas fir, and sweetgum trees sprouted from seeds that astronaut
Stuart Roosa took to the moon and back 40 years ago.
With a priceless collection of lunar rocks and soil, and photographed records of their epic trek across the crater-filled Frau Mauro uplands, Shepard and Edgar Mitchell, together with command module pilot
Stuart Roosa, prepared for the world's second televised press conference from space that was due to be beamed to Earth.
Apollo 14 followed in February 1971, and crew Alan Shepard Jnr,
Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell took a new innovation along ( a collapsible two-wheeled cart, the modular equipment transporter (MET) for carrying tools, cameras, a portable magnetometer and lunar samples.
On that flight, Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and
Stuart Roosa spent nine days in space; Mitchell and Shepard stayed on the moon for two days.
When I was small, my mother would sometimes tuck me into her lap and tell me how
Stuart Roosa flew an unborn forest round and round the moon in 1971 and then sprinkled the earth with it.