A long-standing dream of mankind has come true! Man broke away from the Earth and makes flights into space . In the brochure of Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Sharonov V. In. "The Moon - the first station on the way to space" describes the nature of the Moon and the conditions that will meet on the lunar surface arrived there expedition. The movement of the Moon in space, the features of the change of lunar phases, the impact of the Moon on the Earth are considered Presents modern information about the structure and origin of the lunar mountains and plains, about the lunar climate, the nature of the soil lining the lunar surface A separate chapter is devoted to artificial moons, that is, the created satellites of the Earth, the results of photographing the reverse side of the lunar ball from the Soviet interplanetary automatic station and the prospects of reaching the moon by man. The brochure is intended for a mass reader.