Vskore po okonchanii Grazhdanskoj vojny v Baltimore sobiraetsja gruppa entuziastov - "Pushechnyj klub", ego lider Impi Barbiken nameren sozdat pushku, snarjad kotoroj mog by posle vystrela dostignut Luny.Ponachalu ekipazha u strannogo apparata ne planirovalos. Odnako smelyj puteshestvennik Mishel Ardan vnes korrektirovki, i v itoge v kosmos otpravilis sam Ardan, Barbiken i kapitan Nikol.Vse li vernutsja zhivymi iz derzkogo nevoobrazimogo poleta? I kakie chudesa predstoit uvidet besstrashnoj troitse na Lune? Fantasticheskaja dilogija Zhjulja Verna o puteshestvii gruppy astronavtov-ljubitelej na Lunu i po sej den nakhodit svoikh uvlechennykh chitatelej po vsemu miru. Konechno, ee tekhnicheskaja chast sejchas ne mozhet ne vyzyvat ulybku, no, kak ni stranno, avtoru udalos predugadat raspolozhenie kosmodroma na myse Kanaveral i mnozhestvo detalej buduschikh kosmicheskikh poletov.
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."