At the end of the U.S. federal war, the gunners of Baltimore's Gun-Club (Club-Canon) were very disworked. One day, President Impey Barbicane made a proposal to them that, the first moment of stunning, was greeted with a delusional enthusiasm. It's about getting in touch with the Moon by sending him a ball, a huge projectile that would be launched by a gigantic cannon! While this unheard of project is in the process of being carried out, a Parisian, Michel Ardan, one of those originals that the Creator invents in a moment of fantasy, and whose mould he immediately breaks, telegraph to Barbicane: "Replace spherical shells by cylindroconic projectile. Partirai dans"... With his perfectly camped characters, his humor always present, From the Earth to the Moon is one of Jules Verne's great works, one of his boldest anticipations.
When President Barbicane announced his intention to send a projectile to the moon in the United States, the whole world got excited. And when Frenchman Michel Ardan gave the idea that the projectile could be inhabited, enthusiasm turned into delusion. And so, after solving delicate technical problems, three men board a huge shell. Destination: Moon!