Red alert at the Goddard Observatory, California: A huge meteor, three times the size of Mount Everest, has approached the earth unnoticed from the direction of the sun. It is on a direct collision course and initial spectral analyses show that it consists of 98% iron - a global killer. The secret Doomsday Protocol comes into force. Only six days and twelve hours remain until the impact. The meteor is to be deflected with a massive laser bombardment from locations all over the planet. But the meteor only changes its course slightly.
Now humanity's last hope lies with Captain Evan Davies, who, together with his team, flies towards the meteor in a shuttle in order to install a gigantic rocket engine directly on the surface to deflect the meteor sufficiently...