The lunar surface is the home of many artifacts from both robotic and human exploration of the moon, such as the Apollo 11 lunar landing site within the Sea of Tranquility, home of the first off ...

Armstrong's shadow can be seen on the lunar soil of the Sea of Tranquility, which stretches to the horizon just a mile and a half away. With no atmosphere to block them, the Sun's glare and the ...

Before the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon, President Richard Nixon ... As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility ...

They had left for the moon four days earlier, and now, two of them were preparing to descend from lunar orbit and land in the Sea of Tranquility on the lunar module. Only those two could ever say ...

The Moon’s Sea of Tranquility is home to many of these artifacts, including Neil Armstrong’s historic footprint, which occurred on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission. Armstrong and ...

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Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical ... Ilmenite makes up as much as 20% of the volume of some rocks in the Sea of Tranquility, where the Apollo astronauts landed and collected ...

The smaller Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity, 400 miles across) can be seen immediately to the east of Mare Imbrium. Directions on the Moon’s surface are the same as you’d see on a normal map ...

Commander Neil Armstrong chose the landing spot of Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle on the moon while flying the module over the Sea of Tranquility as he desperately searched for a safe and smooth ...