From the Earth to the Moon: quién es quién, cronología y lugares

Peace leaves the Gun Club idle, and Barbicane announces an important meeting.

Barbicane proposes firing a projectile to the Moon, giving the Gun Club a new purpose.

The Cambridge Observatory confirms that the experiment is theoretically possible and specifies launch conditions.

Barbicane’s committee approves aluminum for a projectile that a mountain telescope could track.

Nicholl publicly attacks the project and offers five wagers, which Barbicane accepts.

Barbicane surveys Florida and selects Stones Hill as the site for the Columbiad.

Molten iron from 1,200 furnaces pours into the shaft to cast the Columbiad.

Michel Ardan sends a telegram proposing to travel inside a different projectile.

Ardan stops the quarrel between Barbicane and Nicholl by inviting both men to join his journey.

The equipped projectile arrives at Stones Hill, and Maston tests its sealed interior.

The three travelers enter the projectile, and Murchison fires the Columbiad before millions of spectators.

An observatory dispatch reports that the projectile has entered an orbit around the Moon.

Ardan revives his companions, and observations through the windows confirm that they have left Earth.

Calculations expose a difference in launch speeds, leading Barbicane to predict that they must fall back.

Nicholl stops an oxygen leak, and the recovering travelers experience weightlessness where Earth’s and the Moon’s attractions balance.

The travelers prepare for landing, but Barbicane attributes their sideways approach to a passing meteor’s attraction.

The travelers examine lunar mountains and craters while their destination remains uncertain.

A meteor’s explosion briefly lights the Moon’s hidden face, revealing possible seas, clouds, and forests.

Bright peaks near the south pole lead Barbicane to conclude that their path probably forms an ellipse around the Moon.

The travelers agree that the Moon is presently uninhabitable and discuss its possible former life.

A rocket attempt fails to send the projectile toward the Moon, leaving the travelers falling toward Earth.

A fiery object breaks the Susquehanna’s bowsprit and falls into the sea.

After unsuccessful underwater searches, the rescue party discovers the projectile floating with all three travelers alive.

The travelers return to Baltimore, publish their discoveries, and receive a nationwide welcome before an interstellar communication company forms.