The race to the moon was a high-stakes battle of technological supremacy between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the Cold War intensified, both nations pushed the boundaries of science and engineering to achieve the ultimate goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth. This film chronicles the incredible story of how NASA built the most powerful rocket ever constructed, the Saturn V, and the immense challenges faced by the engineers and scientists who worked to make the impossible possible.