Man on the Moon is a 2006 television opera in one act by Jonathan Dove with a libretto by Nicholas Wright.
The opera, about 50 minutes long, was commissioned by Channel 4 and first shown on 26 December 2006.
In 2007, it won the Opera Special Prize at the 2007 Festival Rose d'Or in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The opera chronicles the preparations for the Apollo 11 mission, the journey and the landing.
But it also deals with Aldrin's marriage break-up and the short-lived nature of fame.