
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)
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)
Settlements and landmarks
Appendices
Connections
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 | ![]() ![]() |
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.