After Equestrian Aerospace had gone through a lot of researching, they were on their way to the moon. The moon was considered something as old as time. Princess Luna was the one who was responsible to control the moon.

Planetshine returned from holidays, eager for the moon mission. When she got back, she also had a chance to fly a plane, which she fell in love with. The moon mission was carefully planned out. The trajectory to get the ponies on the moon had to be perfect.

Bon Bon would be the pony that would go on this mission with Planetshine. Derpy was more of the engineer that liked to build things instead of flying them. Bon Bon wasn't considered new or anything because she was an official astronaut only a week after the other 4 astronauts.

Lyra was a bit disappointed that she wasn't picked for the mission, but Planetshine cheered her up with a hug. She then told Bon Bon to tell her everything that happened during the mission. The mission was planned out to have the lander dock with the transfer stage while in lunar orbit to have a lesser rate of failure than a direct ascent, and that the astronauts were pretty good at rendezvous and docking while in orbit.

Author's Note

I know this is a short chapter because I planned it to be something like an introduction to the moon.

PS: Luna is going to the moon as a tourist (I guess).
PPS: This is an Apollo-style mission.