Tranquility Base

The Tranquility Base (Latin: Statio Tranquillitatis ) is the landing point of the first manned lunar module in the Sea of ​​Tranquility.

In the first moon landing by humans as part of the Apollo 11 mission, the Lunar Module "Eagle" sat ( Eagle) July 20, 1969 at 20.17 clock GMT in the southwestern plain of a lunar sea on which of astronomers, under the name Sea of ​​Tranquility, " sea ​​of ​​Tranquility ", is performed. After touchdown, Neil Armstrong announced the successful landing with the words " Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. " ( " Houston ( ground control ), here Tranquility station, the Eagle has landed ").

The International Astronomical Union has taken up in honor of this mission the name " Tranquility Base " officially entered the lunar maps, it is listed there under their Latin equivalent Statio Tranquillitatis, in alignment with the consistently named with Latin names of detail on the lunar map.

The area around the landing site is also considered the type locality of the three minerals Armalcolit, Pyroxferroit and Tranquillityit since these were first discovered in the from there the collected rock samples.

Three small lunar crater north of the landing site were given by the members of the mission the name Aldrin, Collins and Armstrong.