 First edition | |
| Author | Hugh Walters |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Leslie Wood |
| Language | English |
| Series | Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Faber |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 191 |
| 823.91 | |
| Preceded by | The Domes of Pico |
| Followed by | Moon Base One |
Operation Columbus is a juvenile science fiction novel, the third in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in the UK by Faber in 1959, in the US by Criterion Books in 1960 under the title First on the Moon, and in the Netherlands by Prisma Juniores as 'Wedloop naar de Maan' 1963.