On its fiftieth anniversary, the events surrounding the actual Apollo 11 space mission are presented solely using archival footage and still photographs of or associated with the mission. The events span from the eleventh hour preparations for the launch to shortly after the safe touchdown of the capsule with its three astronauts back on Earth. The mission is historic as the first time humans had stepped on the surface of the Earth's moon. It arguably made household names of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as the first and second to walk on the moon, and slightly less so for the third astronaut, Michael Collins, who remained inside the capsule at the time. It was arguably the most dangerous space mission at the time in part to the astronauts leaving the safety of the capsule.
| Neil Armstrong | Self - Mission Commander |
| Michael Collins | Self - Command Module Pilot |
| Buzz Aldrin | Self - Lunar Module Pilot |
| Deke Slayton | Self - Director of Flight Crew Operations |
| Clifford E. Charlesworth | Self - Flight Director Green Team |
| Bruce McCandless II | Self - Capsule Commuicator (CAPCOM) Green Team |
| H. David Reed | Self - Flight Dynamics Officer (FIDO) Green Team |
| Charles Duke | Self - Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) White Team |
| Gene Kranz | Self - Flight Director White Team |
| Bill Anders | Self - Backup Command Module Pilot |
| Jim Lovell | Self - Backup Commander |
| John F. Kennedy | Self - President of the United States of America |
| Janet Armstrong | self |
| Patricia Mary Finnegan | self |
| Andy Aldrin | self |
| Joan Ann Archer | self |
| Walter Cronkite | self |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | self |
| Glynn Lunney | self |
| Joann Morgan | Self - Aerospace Engineer in Firing Room |
| Richard Nixon | self |
| Hugh O'Brian | self |
| Matt Morton | Composer |
| Bob Bird | Cinematographer |
| Jerry Bray | Cinematographer |
| Adam Holender | Cinematographer |
| Todd Douglas Miller | Editor |
| Brian Eimer | re-recording mixer |
| Nathan Hasz | commentary voice-over engineer |
| Eric Milano | re-recording mixer / sound designer |
