In 2035, the US Navy discovers a strange space capsule that has crashed in the Indian Ocean. Helen Friedman is in charge of interrogating the two survivors, who are none other than Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin - raising the question of who the men were who came back to Earth aboard the 1969 Apollo XI mission. A lunar expedition is set up to elucidate the mystery and Helen Friedman finds herself involved in a case that will lead her much further than she ever expected.