TheworldwatchesinaweastheRoeblingClipperislaunchedintospace.Usingstate-of-the-artscalarenginestoflyaroundtheMoonandbackinjusthours,themaidenvoyageofthefirst-evertrans-lunarpassengershipisabouttomakehistory.Amongthoseonboard:FirstLadySimoneMathany,space-explorationentrepreneurSteveRoebling,Dr.DeniseBalaban,pilotFionaHenslaw,andaveryluckylotterywinner.Butwhileenroute,amassivesolarflaresparksacosmic-rayburstthatacceleratesAurora’sengineandblowstheshipawayfromEarth’sorbit.Nowoutofcontrol,it’shurtlingstraightforthesun.