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Rocketship X-M (1950)

Earth → Moon orbit → Mars → Earth

No date is given; the crew wakes “days later” about 50,000 miles from Mars. 1,180.9 million km in all on the map.

EarthMarsEarth345Distances to scale.Dates unknown: the ship takes the most efficient orbit for the trip; the planets are where it meets them.Which way the map is turned is arbitrary.
MoonEarth13To scale, seen from above.Date unknown: the Moon's place on its orbit is arbitrary; the ship takes the most efficient orbit.The swing around the Moon is drawn wider than it was.
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  1. 1

    White Sands Proving Ground Earth · date unknown

    The RX-M lifts off on what should be the first trip to the Moon.

    RX-M

  2. 2

    Meteoroid storm in space · date unknown

    After a meteoroid storm the engines cut out; a new fuel mix restarts them and the ship runs away.

    RX-M

  3. 3

    Past the Moon Moon, orbit · date unknown

    Out of control, the ship overshoots the Moon and the crew blacks out.

    RX-M · 590.2 million km

  4. 4

    Mars Mars · date unknown

    Ruins of an atomic war and hostile survivors: Corrigan and Eckstrom are killed.

    RX-M · 590.2 million km

  5. 5

    Crash towards Nova Scotia Earth · date unknown

    Out of fuel, the three survivors watch the ship fall towards Nova Scotia.