Artemis I Moon Tree seedlings continue to find new homes with schools, museums, libraries, universities, and community organizations across the contiguous United States. An open call to NASA’s Artifacts Module in Fall, 2023 welcomed over 1000 organization submissions, which were reviewed and ranked by a joint USDA Forest Service and NASA panel.
Final recipient selection and seedling assignments for each cycle are informed by rank and region, and subject to a limited inventory of trees germinated from each of the five species of seeds flown aboard Artemis I in 2022. Recipient selection and seedling distribution follows four cycles: Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Fall 2025.
Spring 2024 Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards
Alabama
Fairfield City Schools – Fairfield High Preparatory School – Fairfield, AL
| American Sweetgum
Meridianville Middle School – Hazel Green, AL
| Loblolly Pine
Pioneer Museum of Alabama –Troy, AL
| Loblolly Pine
Troy University Arboretum –Troy, AL
| Loblolly Pine
Arkansas
Baxter County Library – Mountain Home, AR
| American Sweetgum
Arizona
University of Arizona – Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) – Tucson, AZ
| American Sweetgum
California
Forestr.org – Castro Valley, CA
| Sequoia
Girl Scout Troop 7574 – Dana Point, CA
| Sequoia
Greenfield Union School District – Greenfield, CA
| Sequoia
Quest Science Center – Livermore, CA
| Sequoia
Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School – Lake Forest, CA
| Sequoia
Colorado
United States Air Force Academy – USAF Academy, CO
| American Sweetgum
Connecticut
New Milford High School – New Milford, CT
| American Sweetgum
South School – New Canaan School District – New Canaan, CT
| Sycamore
Yale University Marsh Botanical Garden – New Haven, CT
| American Sweetgum
Washington, DC
United States Capitol – Washington DC, DC
| American Sweetgum
Florida
Agricultural Biotechnology Academy, West Florida High School of Advanced Technology, Escambia County School District – Pensacola, FL
| Loblolly Pine
Cornerstone Learning Community – Tallahassee, FL
| American Sweetgum
Dreamers Academy – Sarasota, FL
| American Sweetgum
Florida Forest Service – Tallahassee, FL
| Loblolly Pine
Florida Polytechnic University – Lakeland, FL
| American Sweetgum
Gulfside Community Partnership School – Holiday, FL
| Loblolly Pine
H.B. Plant High School – Tampa, FL
| American Sweetgum
Hobbs Middle School – Milton, FL
| American Sweetgum
Lawton Environmental Study Area (LESA), T.W. Lawton Elementary – Oviedo, FL
| American Sweetgum
Montverde Academy – Montverde, FL
| American Sweetgum
Museum of Archaeology, Paleontology & Science – New Port Richey, FL
| American Sweetgum
Museum of Science and Industry – Tampa, FL
| American Sweetgum
North Andrews Gardens Elementary – Oakland Park, FL
| American Sweetgum
Orange Park Elementary – Orange Park, FL
| American Sweetgum
Pine Crest School – Fort Lauderdale, FL
| American Sweetgum
Port Malabar Elementary School – Palm Bay, FL
| American Sweetgum
St. Peter Catholic School – Deland, FL
| Loblolly Pine
UF/IFAS Extension Clay County 4-H – Green Cove Springs, FL
| Loblolly Pine
University of West Florida – Pensacola, FL
| Loblolly Pine
West Navarre Intermediate School – Navarre, FL
| American Sweetgum
Georgia
Berrien Elementary School – Nashville, GA
| Loblolly Pine
East Georgia State College – Swainsboro, GA
| Loblolly Pine
Lilburn Elementary School – Lilburn, GA
| Loblolly Pine
Park Elementary School – Hamilton, GA
| Loblolly Pine
Sagamore Hills Elementary School – Atlanta, GA
| Loblolly Pine
United States Air Force – Moody Air Force Base, GA
| American Sweetgum
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Metro High School – Cedar Rapids, IA
| Sycamore
Idaho
American Falls High School – American Falls, ID
| Sycamore
Illinois
Eagle Pointe Elementary School – Plainfield, IL
| Sycamore
Marion Community Unit #2 School District, Marion Junior High School – Marion, IL
| Sycamore
Monmouth College – Monmouth, IL
| American Sweetgum
Indiana
Franklin Community High School – Franklin, IN
| American Sweetgum
Hayes Arboretum – Richmond, IN
| American Sweetgum
Kansas
Tecumseh South Elementary School – Tecumseh, KS
| American Sweetgum
Kentucky
Christian County Middle School – Hopkinsville, KY
| American Sweetgum
FIND Outdoors Gladie Visitor Center, Red River Gorge – Stanton, KY
| American Sweetgum
Graves County High School – Mayfield, KY
| American Sweetgum
Martha Layne Collins High School – Shelbyville, KY
| American Sweetgum
Louisiana
Shreve Island Elementary, Caddo Parish Schools – Shreveport, LA
| American Sweetgum
YMCA of Bogalusa – Bogalusa, LA
| Loblolly Pine
Massachusetts
Bernardston Elementary School – Bernardston, MA
| American Sweetgum
Michigan
The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park – Traverse City, MI
| Sycamore
Minnesota
Forest Lake Area High School – Forest Lake, MN
| Sycamore
Missouri
Columbia Public Schools Elementary Gifted Program – Columbia, MO
| American Sweetgum
Trailridge Elementary – Lee’s Summit, MO
| American Sweetgum
Mississippi
Bayou Academy – Cleveland, MS
| American Sweetgum
Clinton Community Nature Center – Clinton, MS
| American Sweetgum
North Carolina
Cardinal Gibbons High School – Raleigh, NC
| American Sweetgum
FIND Outdoors Cradle of Forestry – Pisgah National Forest, NC
| American Sweetgum
Mars Hill University – Mars Hill, NC
| American Sweetgum
Montgomery County NC Extension Master Gardener Volunteers; The Gathering Garden – Mount Gilead, NC
| Loblolly Pine
North Carolina Executive Mansion – Governor’s Residence – Raleigh, NC
| Loblolly Pine
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics – Morganton — Morganton, NC
| American Sweetgum
White Oak High School – Jacksonville, NC
| American Sweetgum
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics – Durham — Durham, NC
| Sycamore
Nebraska
Hastings College – Hastings, NE
| American Sweetgum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, NE
| American Sweetgum
New Hampshire
Barnstead Elementary School Center Barnstead NH Sycamore
Nashua Community College Nashua NH Sycamore
New Jersey
Edelman Planetarium at Rowan University – Glassboro, NJ
| American Sweetgum
Information Age Learning Center Wall – Township, NJ
| American Sweetgum
New Mexico
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum – Las Cruces, NM
| Loblolly Pine
New York
Baldwinsville Central School District – Baldwinsville, NY
| Sycamore
Bronx Community College – Bronx, NY
| Sycamore
Franklin Middle School, Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District — Town of Tonawanda, NY
| Sycamore
Pembroke Junior/Senior High School – Corfu, NY
| American Sweetgum
Rome City School District – Rome, NY
| Sequoia
State University of New York (SUNY) – New Paltz — New Paltz, NY
| American Sweetgum
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium – Centerport, NY
| American Sweetgum
Ohio
Claymont High School – Uhrichsville, OH
| Sycamore
Coldwater Exempted Village Schools – Coldwater, OH
| American Sweetgum
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, Copley-Fairlawn City Schools – Copley, OH
| Sycamore
Liberty-Benton High School – Findlay, OH
| Sycamore
Marshall STEMM Academy – Toledo, OH
| American Sweetgum
Portsmouth City Schools – Portsmouth, OH
| American Sweetgum
Pymatuning Valley High School – Andover, OH
| American Sweetgum
Wayne National Forest – Nelsonville, OH
| American Sweetgum
Oklahoma
Centennial Middle School – Broken Arrow, OK
| Loblolly Pine
Jenks Northwest Elementary School – Tulsa, OK
| American Sweetgum
Perkins Public Library: Thomas – Wilhite Memorial Library – Perkins, OK
| American Sweetgum
Oregon
Crow Middle School – Eugene, OR
| American Sweetgum
Friends of Myrtle Creek Library – Myrtle Creek, OR
| American Sweetgum
Lent Elementary School – Portland, OR
| American Sweetgum
Tamarack Elementary School – Hillsboro, OR
| American Sweetgum
Willamette Elementary School, McMinnville School District – McMinnville, OR
| American Sweetgum
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
| American Sweetgum
Montour High School – McKees Rocks, PA
| American Sweetgum
Penn State University, Penn State Erie – The Behrend College – Erie, PA
| American Sweetgum
Penn State University, Penn State Schuylkill – University Park, PA
| Sycamore
Perkiomen Valley Middle School – East Collegeville, PA
| American Sweetgum
The Reading Public Museum – Reading, PA
| Sycamore
Rhode Island
Tiverton Public Library – Tiverton, RI
| American Sweetgum
South Carolina
Academy for the Arts, Science, & Technology – Myrtle Beach, SC
| Loblolly Pine
Conway Elementary School – Conway, SC
| American Sweetgum
Manning Early Childhood Center, Clarendon School District – Manning, SC
| American Sweetgum
Spartanburg Community College Horticulture Program – Spartanburg, SC
| American Sweetgum
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of America – Knoxville, TN
| American Sweetgum
Lipscomb Academy – Nashville, TN
| American Sweetgum
Pellissippi State Community College – Knoxville, TN
| Loblolly Pine
Sumner Academy – Gallatin, TN
| American Sweetgum
Texas
Atlanta Public Library – Atlanta, TX
| American Sweetgum
Beaumont Children’s Museum & Beaumont Botanical Gardens – Beaumont, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Bonham Pre-Kindergarten School – San Marcos, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Charles W. Young Junior High School – Arlington, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Clear Creek Intermediate, Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD) – League City, TX
| American Sweetgum
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden – Children’s Adventure Garden – Dallas, TX
| American Sweetgum
DeKalb Independent School District – De Kalb, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Doss Consolidated Common School District (CCSD) – Doss, TX
| American Sweetgum
Fort Worth Botanic Garden – Fort Worth, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Galveston County 4H Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Program (Houston Botanic Gardens) – Houston, TX
| American Sweetgum
Goliad Independent School District – Goliad, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Greens Prairie Elementary School – College Station, TX
| American Sweetgum
Groves Elementary School – Humble, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Kay Granger Elementary School – Fort Worth, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Leadership Big Bend, Nopalitos Park – Alpine, TX
| American Sweetgum
Science Hall Elementary School – Kyle, TX
| American Sweetgum
Scobee Education Center at San Antonio College – San Antonio, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Space Center Intermediate, Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD) – Houston, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Texas A&M Forest Service – Conroe, TX
| American Sweetgum
Texas A&M University, Physics & Astronomy Department – College Station, TX
| American Sweetgum
University of Texas at Arlington – Arlington, TX
| American Sweetgum
Uplift Summit International Preparatory Middle School – Arlington, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Westside Elementary School – Cedar Park, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy – Austin, TX
| Loblolly Pine
Utah
Southern Utah University STEM Center – Cedar City, UT
| American Sweetgum
Virginia
Essex County Museum – Tappahannock, VA
| American Sweetgum
Virginia Living Museum – Newport News, VA
| Loblolly Pine
Virginia Zoo – Norfolk, VA
| Loblolly Pine
Washington
Innovation Lab High School – Bothell, WA
| Sycamore
Orchard Prairie School District – Spokane, WA
| Sycamore
Richland School District – Richland, WA
| Sycamore
Upper Columbia Resource Conservation & Development Council – Spokane Valley, WA
| Sycamore
Yakima Area Arboretum – Yakima, WA
| Sycamore
Wisconsin
Dunn County Historical Society – Menomonie, WI
| Sycamore
Fall 2024 Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards
Distribution is underway through November 2024. This list will be updated once distribution is complete. Previously notified recipients who have not received a seedling may be deferred to a later cycle based on current ready-to-ship seedling inventory.
Spring 2025 Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards
Selection is in progress.
Fall 2025 Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards
Selection is in progress.