Following a series of mysterious clues, Tintin and Snowy trail a dangerous gang of opium-smugglers through the scorching Sahara desert and the alleys of a Moroccan port.

Tin tin and Captain Haddock find Madame Castafiore's missing emerald.

Tintin searches the mountains of Nepal and Tibet for his friend, victim of an airplane crash.

Tintin and his friends are involved in the first manned flight to the moon which proves perilous.

Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock, are suddenly called by Professor Calculus to the Sprodj Atomic Research Centre in Syldavia. They are amazed to find the Professor planning a space-rocket, and Tintin and his friends are unaware of the dangers that a wait them. Despite the mishaps, the adventure at last sets off on a hazardous journey to the moon.