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)了人類登上月球的夢(mèng)女薎。當(dāng)年的太空發(fā)射現(xiàn)場(chǎng)吸引了超過(guò)一萬(wàn)的人群，全世界觀看射現(xiàn)場(chǎng)直播的觀眾人數(shù)達(dá)到了創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的六億人今年將會(huì)是人類第一次月四十周年，本片以戲紀(jì)錄片形式，披露這劃代的創(chuàng)舉中不為人知陳書(shū)幕，其中有些秘辛幾乎以毀破這趟偉大任務(wù)。枝筆竟然救了首次登上球的太空人的命！巖士等太空人完成登月任務(wù)備返回地球時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)登小艇啟動(dòng)電源的開(kāi)關(guān)被們意外弄斷了，無(wú)法起。危急中，太空人拿出枝原子筆塞進(jìn)開(kāi)關(guān)的墨家，才順利啟動(dòng)登月小艇免除了一場(chǎng)悲劇。此外紀(jì)錄片更披露，當(dāng)年美急欲成為第一個(gè)登上月的國(guó)家，阿波羅11號(hào)在還沒(méi)完全準(zhǔn)備好的狀態(tài)就出發(fā)，當(dāng)年的美國(guó)總尼克遜甚至已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好佈哀悼三位太空人壯烈牲的講稿；而美國(guó)政府事先下令NASA，萬(wàn)一任務(wù)失敗就即時(shí)義均斷連，以免世人親眼目睹太人飄進(jìn)太空的場(chǎng)面?
