In the aftermath of the American Civil War, inventor Victor Barbicane creates a revolutionary new energy source, Power X, with the intention of harnessing it to propel rockets into space. To demonstrate its capabilities, Barbicane plans to send a projectile to the moon, accompanied by his assistant Ben Sharpe, rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. However, Nicholl's religious beliefs lead him to secretly sabotage the projectile, leaving the group stranded in space with a desperate fight to repair it and return to Earth.
From the Earth to the Moon
Victor Barbicane, an American inventor, creates a groundbreaking explosive in 1868, initially designed for military use, but also destined to propel a pioneering rocket mission to the moon, accompanied by a diverse team of astronauts.
