In de dagen voor de beroemde 21e juli 1969, de dag dat de mensheid de eerste stappen op de maan zette, werkt de NASA samen met een groep Australische technici die hun satelliet aan ze beschikbaar hebben gesteld. De satelliet, die midden in een schapenboerderij staat, moet er voor zorgen dat de beelden van Neil Armstrong over de hele wereld te zien zullen zijn. Met de hele wereld van hen afhankelijk begint de spanning te stijgen.

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the century: the launch of Apollo 11. Over the next few days, the world watched on with wonder and rapture as humankind prepared for its "one giant leap" onto the moon--and into history. Witness this incredible day, presented through stunning, remastered footage and interviews that takes you behind-the-scenes and inside the spacecraft, Mission Control, and the homes of the astronaut's families.