''The Rocket to the Moon'' is a 1928 science fiction novel by the German writer

Thea von Harbou Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is remembered as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic ''Metropolis'' (1927) and for the 19 ...

. Its German title is ''Die Frau im Mond'', which means "The Woman in the Moon". It is about a fictitious Moon mission. The book was translated into English by Baroness von Hutten and published in 1930 as ''The Girl in the Moon''. It was republished in 1977 as ''The Rocket to the Moon''.

Adaptation

The book was turned into a film by

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, Harbou's husband. The film is titled ''

Woman in the Moon ''Woman in the Moon'' ( German ''Frau im Mond'') is a German science fiction silent film that premiered 15 October 1929 at the UFA-Palast am Zoo cinema in Berlin to an audience of 2,000. It is often considered to be one of the first "serious" ...

'' and premiered in 1929.

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