Destination Moon (comics) Destination Moon (comics) Destination Moon () is the sixteenth volume of "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's "Tintin" magazine from March to September 1950 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman in 1953. The plot tells of young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock who receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a secure government facility to plan a manned mission to the Moon. Developed in part through the suggestions of Hergé's
SS Belgian Captain convoys during the Second World War. Convoy ON 177 departed Cardiff on 4 April 1943 bound for New York. "Belgian Captain" was carrying a cargo of coal bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Convoy HX 241 departed New York on 25 May 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 10 June. "Belgian Captain" was carrying a cargo of steel and lumber bound for London. She sailed from Halifax on 27 May and joined the convoy at sea on 29 May. Convoy ON 192 departed Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 8 July 1943 bound for New York. "Belgian Captain" was bound for Halifax, Nova