Luna

Luna, known colloquially as "The Moon" and elsewhere as Terra Luna, was an inhabited large natural satellite of Earth in the Sol system. The moon was located within Sector 001 of the Alpha Quadrant.
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. ()
== History ==
=== Visiting the Moon ===
In 1961, US President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech in which he announced his intention to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. () In light of this, the Moon was depicted in whole, or in part, on the Apollo program assignment patches. ()
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. ()
The first manned Human landing took place in 1969 by Apollo 11, a NASA mission initiated by the Earth country 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 dreams about it inspiring her career with NASA in 2000. ()
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. ()
In the mirror universe, the Terran Empire landed on their 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. ()
=== Post-colonization ===
The lunar colony of New Berlin was built there, sometime after 2063, but before 2069. ()
At some point before 2154, Major J. Hayes completed a lunar survival training 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 Complex 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. ()
The passed Luna on its way to Earth in 2364. ()
The passed Luna on its way to Earth in 2371. ()
When attempting a lucid dream to contact a species of aliens 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. ()
Earth and Luna were threatened by the second Dark Matter Anomaly in 3190, causing Starfleet to mount an evacuation effort. ()
== Inhabitants ==
In Earth slang, people who lived on the moon were called Lunar schooners, though the nickname was not used by Lunar inhabitants themselves. ()
As of 2373, over 50 million people lived on the Moon. () 
Individuals born on Luna included Dorian Collins, Beverly Crusher, Jack Ransom, and Bruno Salvatore. (; ; ; )
In the 25th century, Crusher kept artwork of the Moon among her personal effects aboard the . ()
== 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. ()
=== Locations ===
* Armstrong City
* Copernicus City
* Copernicus Ship Yards
* Lake Armstrong
* Luna Bay
* Luna Shipyards
* Lunaport
* Lunar colonies
* Lunar One Colony
* Lunar Receiving
* New Angeles
* New Berlin
* Orpheus Mining Complex
* Sea of Clouds
* Tranquility Base
* Tycho Base
* Tycho City
** Tycho City Prep
File:Sol system map.jpg|"Chart 14A: The Sol System"
File:Sol system, The Cage.jpg|The location of Earth, Luna's primary
File:Luna, The Cage.jpg|Luna as seen in the (original)
File:Luna, The Cage remastered.jpg|Luna as seen in the "The Cage" (remastered) 
File:Buzz Aldrin, The Cage.jpg|In the prime universe, an American astronaut on the surface of Luna
File:Terran Empire moon landing.jpg|In the mirror universe, a Terran Empire astronaut on the surface of Luna
File:Lunar colonies.jpg|A 22nd century lunar settlement from orbit
File:Lights on the Moon 2257.jpg|Lights from the lunar settlements as of 2257
== Appendices==
=== Background information ===
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.
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (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 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.
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