When the Soviet Union successfully put the first artificial satellite into orbit in 1957 and four years later sent the first man into orbit, the United States was in an uproar. It was decided that there was no way to land in this race, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was told to be the first to land on the moon.

Not surprisingly, the director of the Apollo 11 project, Cole Davis (actor Channing Tatum), who was supposed to bring US astronauts to Earth, was in a hurry. A scientist to the core, the man has been pulling his weight with complete disregard for his own image and that of the project. And it was, to say the least, not good. To remedy the situation, the Space Authority enlisted outside help: the innovative and creative marketing specialist Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson).