Questions tagged [place-names]
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How many/which landing sites have been given place names akin to "Tranquility Base" on the Moon?
Seconds after Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon, Neil Armstrong announced: "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed". This first informally, then later officially, gave a place name (although latinized) to the spot marked to this day by the…
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