Around the Moon
The book continues the lunar adventure begun in "From the Earth to the Moon." This topic is part of Science Fiction within Literature. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Around the Moon trivia questions
Who wrote the novel "Around the Moon"?
Answer: Jules Verne
Bonus fact: The book continues the lunar adventure begun in "From the Earth to the Moon."
What happens to the travelers in "Around the Moon" instead of their landing on the Moon?
Answer: They loop around the Moon and return toward Earth
Bonus fact: Verne imagined the travelers observing the lunar surface from their projectile before gravity sends them homeward.
Which flamboyant French adventurer joins Barbicane and Nicholl on the lunar voyage?
Answer: Michel Ardan
Bonus fact: Ardan is an enthusiastic outsider whose personality contrasts with the more technical American members of the expedition.
Which Apollo mission became the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon?
Answer: Apollo 8
Bonus fact: Apollo 8 carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders around the Moon in December 1968.