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Mare Tranquillitatis / t r æ ŋ ˌ k w ɪ l ɪ ˈ t eɪ t ɪ s / (Latin for Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility) [a] is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It contains Tranquility Base , the first location on another celestial body to be visited by humans.
The Mare Tranquillitatis pit is the name given to an elliptical opening on the Moon's surface in the Mare Tranquillitatis, situated roughly 400 kilometers (250 miles) away from the landing site of Apollo 11. [1] The pit was created by a lunar lava tube, and is currently the deepest known lunar pit with a radius of at least 100 meters (328 feet).
The surface feature is Mare Tranquillitatis, or the Sea of Tranquility, where the Apollo 11 mission landed on the afternoon of July 20, 1969. ... the 55th anniversary of NASA astronauts Neil ...
The Principal Investigator of Moon Diver is Laura Kerber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [1] [5] The mission concept aims to understand the formation and evolution of the Moon's secondary lava crust by exploring the vertical walls of a pit in Mare Tranquillitatis.
NASA’s Artemis program aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time ... Researchers discovered the cave connected to a pit found within a vast plain called Mare Tranquillitatis, ...
Lamont is a system of low ridges in the surface of Mare Tranquillitatis that is most likely a submerged impact crater. It was named after Scottish-born German astronomer Johann von Lamont. [1] It is located to the southeast of the crater Arago.
Mare Tranquillitatis: Sea of Tranquility 873 km (542 mi) ... NASA RP-1097, 1982, no ISBN. Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, ...
Armstrong is a small lunar impact crater located in the southern part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies about 50 kilometers to the northeast of the Apollo 11 landing site, Tranquility Base. Named after American astronaut Neil Armstrong, [1] the crater is the easternmost of the row of three craters named in honor of the Apollo 11 crew members.