We offer readers two novels from Jules Verne’s trilogy “From the Gun to the Moon.” The action of the first novel, “From the Earth to the Moon,” takes us to the 19th century. After the end of the American Civil War, one of the main characters, the chairman of the “Cannon Club”, Impey Barbicane, comes up with an unprecedented idea: he proposes, using contemporary scientific achievements, to put the destructive power of weapons to the benefit of humanity. According to his daring plan, three desperate researchers, located in a small capsule-projectile, must, by firing from a specially built cannon, overcome the force of gravity of the Earth and reach the natural satellite of the Earth - the Moon. In the second part of the book, there is a continuation of the novel “From the Earth to the Moon” - the novel “ Around the Moon." It tells the adventures of three intrepid travelers who venture into the previously unknown depths of space to reach the Moon. But soon the brave souls received very unpleasant news: for some unknown reason, the trajectory of the projectile changed, and it was now impossible to reach the surface of the Moon. Brave discoverers are in danger of becoming eternal inhabitants of the lunar orbit...