Luna map showing Mare Tranquillitatis.
The Sea of Tranquillity (also spelled Sea of Tranquility and known as Mare Tranquillitatis) was a location on the planet Earth's moon, Luna, in the northern hemisphere on the side facing Earth.
The USS Sea of Tranquility was named for the region. (TLE novels: Serpents Among the Ruins, One Constant Star)
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History and specifics[]
On 20 July 1969, the Sea of Tranquility was the landing site for Apollo 11, where Humans first stepped foot on Earth's moon. (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth)
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin collected rock samples and conducted experiments in the Sea of Tranquility in spacesuits for 21 hours and 6 minutes. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
The Sea of Tranquility's New Berlin colony was founded sometime between 2039 and 2067. (ST movie: Star Trek: First Contact, ST reference: Star Charts)
The Apollo landing site was preserved with the estblishment of Tranquility Park and the UFP Aerospace Museum-Smithsonian Annex. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
In the year 2155, Gannet Brooks informed Qaletaqu that there was a casino in the middle of the Sea of Tranquility. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
On 20 July 2269, a parade of ships were scheduled to fly over the Sea of Tranquility, including the Enterprise space shuttle. (TOS novel: A Flag Full of Stars)
In 2374, Jean-Luc Picard read an article about recent archeological findings of a trash pile by Luna settlers near the Sea of Tranquillity. He recalled it when Lieutenant Rhea McAdams mentioned that her grandfather was interested in early Lunar settlements. (TNG novel: Immortal Coil)
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| the moon Luna | ||
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| cities and settlements | Aldrin City • Andersen • Armstrong Center • Armstrong City • Copernicus City • Danae • Deslandres • Farside Moonbase • Goddard Moonbase • Keplerton • Landau • Lorentz • Luna 2 • Luna City • Lunar One Colony • Morlock • New Berlin • New Chicago • New Cleaveland • Nightside • Oceanview • Relativity • Tycho City • West Lorentz |  
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| landmarks and institutions | Aldrin City Archives Annex • Apollo Bowl • Clavius Mines • Collins Amphitheatre • Copernicus Ship Yard • Disneymoon • Hadley Rill Hospital • HiBeam Energies Limited • Kashishowa Station • Base One • Luna repair base • Lunadrome • Lunar Base 3 • O'Hare Rocket Port • Tranquility Base • Tranquility Park • UFP Aerospace Museum-Smithsonian Annex • University of Luna | |
| bodies of water | Lake Armstrong • Lake Kane • Lake Kennedy | |
| geography | Clavius Crater • D'Alembert Crater • Einstein Crater • Fra Mauro • Gagarin Crater • H.G. Wells Crater • Hartzprung Crater • Janssen Crater • Korolev Crater • Laserton North • Lorentz Crater • Mare Australe • Mare Crisium • Mare Fecunditatis • Mare Frigoris • Mare Humorum • Mare Imbrium • Mare Moscoviense • Mare Nubium • Mare Orientale • Mare Tranquillitatis • Mendeleey Crater • Milne Crater • Oceanus Procellarum • Plank Crater • Schickard Crater • Tycho Crater | |
References[]
- TOS novel: A Flag Full of Stars
- TNG novel: Immortal Coil
- ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing
- Last Unicorn RPG module: Starfleet Academy "Luna Planetary Index"
- Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth
- ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology
- ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation
External link[]
- Sea of Tranquillity article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
