Utopia Planitia

[ pluh-nee-shuh ]

noun

1. Astronomy. a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars that was the landing site of the Viking II space probe on September 3, 1976.

Example Sentences

Zhurong will spend at least three months studying the geology at Utopia Planitia and searching for water ice beneath the surface.

From Science News

It eventually chose Utopia Planitia, the same region where NASA’s Viking 2 spacecraft landed in 1976.

From MIT Technology Review

Utopia Planitia in particular is “a relatively safe place to land and a possible place to find water,” says Wang.

From MIT Technology Review