When Impey Barbicane, the president of the Baltimore Gun Club proposes the ambitious project of shooting a projectile to the Moon, it is welcomed with great enthusiasm by the members of the Club who had not been able to make use of their gunnery skills since the end of the American Civil War. The proposal soon captures the public imagination and financial aid pours in from all over the world to make this extraordinary missión a success. Preparations for the launch are in full swing when Michel Ardan, a Frenchman, writes to Barbicane informing him of his desire to travel to the moon inside the projectile.
Will Barbicane's project be a success? Will Michel Arden travel to the Moon?
