Roosa worked as a smokejumper for the U.S. Forest Service.
Stuart Allen Roosa was born on August 16, 1933, in Durango, Colorado, and was raised in the small logging community of Clairemont, New Mexico, where his family was involved in the forestry and lumber business. Growing up in the rugged landscape of the American Southwest fostered an appreciation for aviation, the outdoors, and hard work that would shape his future career. He attended public schools in
Varieties of trees such as Loblolly Pine, Sycamore, Sweetgum, Redwood, and Douglas Fir.
Moon trees are a unique botanical phenomenon that embodies the intertwining of space exploration and terrestrial life. Originating from seeds that journeyed to the moon aboard NASA’s Apollo 14 mission in 1971, these seeds were carried in the command module by astronaut
