Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including Jules Verne's novels From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, the film follows a group of astronomers who travel to the Moon in a cannon-propelled capsule, explore the Moon's surface, escape from an underground group of Selenites (lunar inhabitants), and return to Earth with a captive Selenite.
Terinspirasi dari berbagai sumber, termasuk novel Jules Verne From the Earth to the Moon dan Around the Moon, film ini menceritakan sekelompok astronom yang pergi ke Bulan dalam kapsul yang ditembakkan dari meriam, menjelajahi permukaan Bulan, melarikan diri dari sekelompok Selenite (penghuni bulan), dan kembali ke Bumi membawa satu Selenite tawanan.