Set in a fictional 1998, the film envisions a future where international space agencies have turned their sights toward the colonization and exploration of Venus. The mission begins with the launch of several spacecraft from an orbital refueling hub known as Space Station Texas, highlighting a future where Earth maintains a permanent, large-scale presence in low Earth orbit to facilitate deep-space travel. On the surface, Venus is depicted as a misty, tropical world teeming with prehistoric flora and fauna, alongside a hidden society of telepathic, seashell-clad women who worship a winged reptilian deity.

The film suggests a technological dynamic where humanity relies heavily on robotics for hazardous environment navigation. The robot, "John," is capable of complex physical labor and basic autonomous decision-making, though it ultimately functions as a sacrificial tool for the human crew. Earth is portrayed as a centralized command center, characterized by high-tech monitoring stations and a culture of international cooperation (a narrative shift from the original Soviet footage to include American characters). However, the divergence from our real-world timeline is stark; the film assumes a habitable, Earth-like atmosphere on Venus that was disproven by the mid-1960s as probes revealed the planet's actual surface temperature and pressure.

While the film’s depiction of a crewed mission to Venus by 1998 never materialized, its focus on orbital refueling and hovering transport vehicles remains a consistent theme in modern aerospace speculation. The film also features a notable prediction of technological deification; in a concluding twist, the primitive Venusians begin to worship the discarded, burnt-out husk of the mission's robot as their new god. This mirrors real-world sociological observations of cargo cults and explores the intersection of advanced technology and primitive theological evolution. Because this film was a low-budget re-edit of 1962 Soviet footage, its "predictions" are largely remnants of early-60s optimism regarding the accessibility of our solar system's planets.