The Apollo 3 crew are training when it is discovered that the Russians plan a moon landing. The Americans enact a makeshift plan to land a man on the moon first, using an older style Gemini spacecraft. Lee (James Caan) is chosen as the astronaut instead of Chiz (Robert Duvall), who was trained for the mission, because Lee has no military connection. Lee has three weeks to train before take-off, and will have to stay on the moon in a shelter for about a year, until an Apollo is ready to pick him up. However the Russians take off two days earlier than expected.  (description by Will Gilbert)

This film is based on the novel Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. It is very well researched and depicts a somewhat realistic environment at JSC in the late sixties. It is a bit long and dry, by modern standards, but any serious fan of the space program will find it valuable and interesting.