Reminds me of The Worst Witch, where a group of witches supposedly did fly to the moon.

I think it would be quite impossible for wizards in J K Rowling's world to make it into space using only wizarding technology. The moon is actually VERY far away, much further than people think, and I doubt all the Bubble-head Charms and self-heating robes in the world could keep you alive for that long.

Yeah. Unless they could find some way to dramatically extend the range of apparition, they would need to use muggle technology to get to the moon. Of course, if Wizards and muggles worked together, who knows what we can achieve. An undetectable extension charm on a space shuttle, for example, would make colonizing the moon much easier.

The fact that the news was published in 'Quibbler', it's unlikely that the wizards would have travelled to the space (or they can in the first place).

@Newt Strike: Yeah, that's why I put "most likely false" in brackets after that as I'm aware of Xenophillius Lovegood's conspiracy theories.

My bad:)

@Icecreamdif: Got another idea brewing in my head now, of a group of young Wizards watching the Muggles preparing to launch to the Moon in July 1969 and - acting out of greed for fame and jealously (racially motivated for one of them) - getting in a 'sphere' of their own before using magic to attach it to the shuttle on launch day; been dragged along to the moon with them.

You could maybe use this to make a parody of "First Men in the Moon" (all of H.G.Wells novels are now public domain); with the Wizards using the Doubling Charm to create spacesuits to use and helping save the human astronauts - as well as been saved by the human astronauts - when they encounter hostile life inside the moon.

@Newt Strike: No worries. :)

@CaptainKaiybo: Crikey, "The Worst Witch". That's going back a bit - I remember watching that on CITV when I was a kid as well as its sequel, "Weirdsister College".

In any case, thank's for your input. :)