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Utopia Planitia
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- For the Flaming Lips song, see Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia).
Utopia Planitia (Latin: "Nowhere Plain") is the Martian location where the Viking 2 Mars lander arrived and first explored on September 3, 1976. It is located at the antipode of Argyre Planitia.
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, Utopia Planitia is home to the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, both on the surface of the planet and in orbit. There, countless Federation Starfleet vessels are built and repaired. The Galaxy class starship USS Enterprise-D was designed and built there, as well as the Intrepid class starship USS Voyager and the USS Defiant prototype. The fleet yards were seen onscreen in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Relativity".
The Flaming Lips song "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)," was released in 2002 on the album, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots."
- Laser altimetry of the north pole of Mars Utopia Planitia located in upper right
- Google Mars scrollable map - centered on Utopia Planitia
- VL2 Site: Utopia Planitia (NASA)
- PIA00576: Martian Sunrise at Utopia Planitia (NASA Photojournal)
- PIA00530: Frost on Utopia Planitia (NASA Photojournal)
- PIA03796: Utopia Planitia (NASA Photojournal)