On the 30th of November, at the hour fixed upon,from the midst of an extraordinary crowd of spectators, the departure took place, and for the first time, three human beings quitted the terrestrial globe,and launched into inter-planetary space with almost a certainty of reaching their destination. These bold travelers, Michel Ardan, President Barbicane, and Captain Nicholl, ought to make the passage in ninety-seven hours, thirteen minutes, and twenty seconds.Consequently, their arrival on the lunar disc could not take place until the 5th of December at twelve at night,at the exact moment when the moon should be full,and not on the 4th, as some badly informed journalists had announced.