Luna Luna ( or The Moon ) was an inhabited large natural satellite of Earth in the Sol system . History . In the early 1960s , US President John F . Kennedy made a speech announcing that a decision had been made to transport Human s to the moon . ( ) In the mid - 20th century , Luna was depicted in whole , or in part , on the Apollo program assignment patch es . ( ) The first manned Human landing took place in 1969 by " Apollo 11 " , a NASA mission initiated by the Earth nation - state of the United States of America . ( ) The first man to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong , who said " " That ' s one small step for [ a ] man , one giant leap for mankind . " " Shannon O ' Donnel remembered watching it on television when she was eleven years old , and still had dream s about it inspiring her career with NASA in 2000 . ( ) " In the mirror universe , the Terran Empire landed on the Moon , planting a flag there to signify their achievement . " ( " opening credits " ) In 2063 , Luna ' s gravitational field obscured the ' s warp signature so that the Vulcan starship , the " " , would not detect it while in Earth orbit as they were making First Contact with Humans . ( ) The lunar colony of New Berlin was built between 2063 and 2069 . ( ) At some point before 2154 , Major J . Hayes completed a lunar survival course as part of his MACO training . ( ) By 2155 , Luna had evolved from a mere colony to a fully self - sustaining world . " Terra Prime " , a xenophobic group of Humans which manifested that year , originated from the Orpheus Mining colony on the Moon . Their leader , John Frederick Paxton , used the hijacked verteron array on Mars to fire on Luna , as a demonstration of the array ' s power . ( ) " In 2259 of the alternate reality , the and the were engaged in a firefight outside Luna ' s orbit . " ( ) In 2287 , the " " rendezvoused with the near Luna . ( ) On stardate 22825 . 4 , Bruno Salvatore was born on Luna . ( ) The passed Luna on its way to Earth in 2364 . ( ) The passed Luna on its way to Earth in 2371 . ( ) As of 2373 , over 50 million people were living on the Moon . ( ) In Earth slang , people who lived on the moon were called Lunar schooner s . The occupants of Luna were aware of this but chose not to use the term on the Moon . Additionally , most who had lived on Luna did not actually call it " Luna " , this being a term that mostly those on Earth said . Instead the term " the Moon " was retained , a fact that surprised many outsiders ( ) When attempting a lucid dream to contact a species of alien s in 2374 , Chakotay used the image of the Moon to alert him to the fact that he was dreaming . Chakotay saw the Moon three times – once outside the from the mess hall , once on a monitor screen in Cargo Bay 2 after he ' d apparently woken up to warn him he was still asleep and under the aliens ' control , and once more on the main viewscreen in the bridge when he dozed off and was slipping back into the aliens ' grip . ( ) Depictions in the Apollo program . Luna was a central theme in the mission insignia for the Apollo program in the mid - 20th century . The first depiction of Luna was in the program ' s insignia . The insignia depicted the path of the spacecraft from a launch site in Florida to a landing site on Luna . Sun god Apollo was drawn into the features of Luna . As each mission grew closer to landing , the features of Luna became more detailed with cratering and suggested the ship either orbiting above or landing on Luna . By " Apollo 15 " , the lunar features were the dominant image of the insignia . The last lunar mission , " Apollo 17 " , suggested that the program was the first step in man ' s progression to the stars with Apollo looking beyond Luna to Saturn and to a distant galaxy . ( ) Geographical . The Moon was similar in size to Weytahn . ( ) Outside the pressure domes of the Lunar Colonies , the gravity was low and there was no air for Humans to breathe . The sun came up once a month . This event , known as the lunar morning , was a special occasion for people living on Luna . Dorian Collins and her father would hike across the Sea of Clouds towards a scenic spot on the western rim to witness the lunar morning . She described it as meeting God . ( ) On a clear day on Earth , a person could see Tycho City , New Berlin , and Lake Armstrong . ( ) Appendices . Background information . According to " " ( pp . 32 , " United Federation of Planets I " ) , The Moon ( or Sol IIIa ) was classified as a D - class moon . In 2039 , the Lunar Colonies , the uniglobal government of the Moon , was founded . Tycho City was the seat of government . In 2161 , the Moon was a charter member of the United Federation of Planets . In 2378 , Humans were the dominant species , and there were counted 50 . 2 million living on the Moon . Points of interest included Tranquility Base , Lake Armstrong , New Berlin , and Lunaport . Luna appeared in the opening sequence of the remastered , seen surrounding Earth and Sol and followed by Jupiter and Saturn before the started its exploration of unknown space . The classified Luna as a planetoid .