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Statio Tranquillitatis

Tranquility Base, location on the Moon

Feature onThe Moon
Feature typeLanding site
QuadrangleLQ-12
Lunar coordinates0° 41' N, 23° 26' E
NotesA point northward of the small crater Moltke near the southern boundary of the Sea of Tranquility, notable as the landing place of the Apollo 11 mission. Northward of this point three tiny craters are named Aldrin, Collins and Armstrong after the astronauts who took part in that first manned lunar landing.

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