In outer space, a Venus space probe capsule is heading towards Earth's atmosphere. A meteor narrowly misses it as it flies by. But another meteor flies by, colliding with another (one is green, implying it might be Kryptonite), and this causes an explosion which sends out radiation that turns the capsule phosphorous, and causes it to turn end over end falling toward earth. Inside the capsule, is a frightened Chimpanzee named Toto, in the suit of an astronaut.