To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings on 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 crew come together by chance. As one of the three, Michael Collins, later remarked the Apollo 11 crew were “amiable strangers”. Neil Armstrong, as commander, will fly the lunar module down to the surface of the Moon. The descent does not go smoothly. Armstrong spends about 15 minutes alone before Buzz Aldrin emerges to join him. But when they try to lift off to return to the command module, a circuit breaker connected to the ascent engine breaks.With everyone on tenterhooks (President Nixon has a speech prepared in case the mission goes fatally wrong), the astronauts manage to throw the switch by jamming the nib of a pen in it. Joyfully reunited – Collins even kisses them – the ‘a(chǎn)miable strangers' make the long journey home. The world has watched their mission in awe. Appreciating the story for the first time from the perspective of a TV audience, Buzz Aldrin remarks poignantly to Neil Armstrong, “We missed the whole thing”.阿波羅11號(hào)太空船於1969年7月實(shí)現(xiàn)了人類登上月的夢(mèng)想。當(dāng)年太空船發(fā)射現(xiàn)吸引了超過(guò)一萬(wàn)的人群，全界觀看發(fā)射現(xiàn)直播的觀眾人也達(dá)到了創(chuàng)紀(jì)的六億人。今將會(huì)是人類第次登月四十周，本片以戲劇錄片形式，披這劃時(shí)代的創(chuàng)中不為人知的幕，其中有些辛幾乎足以毀這趟偉大任務(wù)一枝筆竟然救首次登上月球太空人的命！士唐等太空人成登月任務(wù)準(zhǔn)返回地球時(shí)，現(xiàn)登月小艇啟電源的開(kāi)關(guān)被們意外弄斷了無(wú)法起飛。危中，太空人拿一枝原子筆塞開(kāi)關(guān)的洞裡，順利啟動(dòng)登月艇，免除了一悲劇。此外，錄片更披露，年美國(guó)急欲成第一個(gè)登上月的國(guó)家，阿波11號(hào)在還沒(méi)完全準(zhǔn)備好的狀下就出發(fā)，當(dāng)的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)尼遜甚至已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)好宣佈哀悼三太空人壯烈犧的講稿；而美政府也事先下NASA，萬(wàn)一任務(wù)失敗就即切斷連線，以世人親眼目睹空人飄進(jìn)太空場(chǎng)面?