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)想。當(dāng)年的孔雀空船射現(xiàn)場(chǎng)吸引了超過一百萬人群，全世界觀看發(fā)射現(xiàn)直播的觀眾人數(shù)也達(dá)到了紀(jì)錄的六億人。今年將會(huì)人類第一次登月四十周年本片以戲劇紀(jì)錄片形式，露這劃時(shí)代的創(chuàng)舉中不為知的內(nèi)幕，其中有些秘辛乎足以毀破這趟偉大任務(wù)一枝筆竟然救了首次登上球的太空人的命！巖士唐太空人完成登月任務(wù)準(zhǔn)備回地球時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)登月小艇動(dòng)電源的開關(guān)被他們意外斷了，無法起飛。危急中太空人拿出一枝原子筆塞開關(guān)的洞裡，才順利啟動(dòng)月小艇，免除了一場(chǎng)悲劇此外，紀(jì)錄片更披露，當(dāng)美國(guó)急欲成為第一個(gè)登上球的國(guó)家，阿波羅11號(hào)在還沒完全準(zhǔn)備好的狀態(tài)下出發(fā)，當(dāng)年的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)尼遜甚至已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好宣佈哀三位太空人壯烈犧牲的講；而美國(guó)政府也事先下令NASA，萬一任務(wù)失敗就即時(shí)切斷連線，以免世人親目睹太空人飄進(jìn)太空的場(chǎng)?