From the Earth to the Moon

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From the Earth to the Moon is an 1865 science fiction novel by Jules Verne that imagines a post–American Civil War gun club launching a manned projectile to the Moon, pioneering realistic space travel storytelling.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
work of literature ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
television production ⓘ
anticipatedConcept launch from Florida for a lunar mission ⓘ
space capsule ⓘ
weightlessness in space ⓘ
approximateWordCount about 70,000 words ⓘ
author Jules Verne ⓘ
centralTheme exploration of the Moon ⓘ
space travel ⓘ
technological ambition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstEnglishPublicationYear 1867 ⓘ
followedBy Around the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Autour de la Lune
form prose ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation From the Earth to the Moon ⓘ
hasFictionalDevice Columbiad cannon ⓘ
linked to: Columbiad
hasFictionalLocation Tampa Town, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Tampa, Florida
hasSequel Around the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Autour de la Lune
influenced early rocketry enthusiasts ⓘ
later space travel fiction ⓘ
launchSiteInStory Florida ⓘ
literaryMovement scientific romance ⓘ
mainOrganization Baltimore Gun Club ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacter Captain Nicholl ⓘ
Impey Barbicane ⓘ
Michel Ardan ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle De la Terre à la Lune ⓘ
pioneeringAspect detailed technical description of a lunar mission ⓘ
early realistic depiction of space travel ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Paris ⓘ
plotSummary A gun club designs and launches a giant cannon to send a projectile to the Moon. ⓘ
publicationYear 1865 ⓘ
publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel ⓘ
scientificMethodUse features calculations of escape velocity and trajectory ⓘ
series Voyages extraordinaires ⓘ
setInPeriod post–American Civil War era ⓘ
subject Moon ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
ballistics ⓘ
timeToMoonInStory about 97 hours ⓘ
workInPublicDomain true ⓘ

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Jules Verne → notableWork → From the Earth to the Moon ⓘ
Byron Haskin → directed → From the Earth to the Moon (1958 film) ⓘ
linked to: From the Earth to the Moon
Discoveryland → basedOnWorksOf → Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon ⓘ
linked to: From the Earth to the Moon
Discoveryland → basedOnWorksOf → Jules Verne’s Around the Moon ⓘ
linked to: From the Earth to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon → basedOn → From the Earth to the Moon ⓘ
Voyages extraordinaires → notableWork → De la Terre à la Lune ⓘ
linked to: From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon → originalTitle → De la Terre à la Lune ⓘ
linked to: From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon → hasEnglishTranslation → From the Earth to the Moon ⓘ