Mare Serenitatis
Americannoun
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Then it will use its main engine to brake for a soft touchdown between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Crisium, two of the dark lava seas on the Earth-facing side of the Moon.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2022
Bigger questions ride on the magnetometer, which will measure the moon's magnetic field as the probe enters lunar orbit and descends to a landing in Mare Serenitatis, an ancient plain of lava.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2019
Beresheet will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and should reach Mare Serenitatis, a basaltic plain on the northern hemisphere of the Moon, in April.
From Nature • Feb. 19, 2019
The three biggest mascons, corresponding to Mare Imbrium, Mare Serenitatis and Mare Crisium, are visible on the upper right-hand side.
From Economist • Dec. 19, 2012
Linné.—This small crater lies in the Mare Serenitatis.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
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