Ronald D. Moore, the showrunner behind beloved shows Outlander and Battlestar Galactica, has a new series in the works for Apple TV. Titled For All Mankind, the show will travel back to the late 1960s and early 1970s, reimagining a key moment in world history.
Instead of the moon landing as we know it—Neil Armstrong bellowing "one small step for man," astronauts planting the U.S. flag—For All Mankind posits a world in which the Soviets beat us to it. Not unlike how Sputnik's launch actually did spur the U.S.'s renewed obsession with space exploration, the so-called "Red Moon" kicks off an effort to one-up the U.S.S.R.
Here, everything we know about For All Mankind.
The first trailer was released this summer.
Tim Cook kicked off an Apple presentation in June with a preview of the series. The two-minute trailer begins with a Soviet cosmonaut landing on the moon, and then gives a peek at how stateside astronauts will respond.
"We're going to Mars, Saturn, stars, the galaxy," one character says. "This is not the end of the race," another notes. "We must keep our eyes to the future."
It's not just the U.S.S.R.'s technology that's changed in this alternate timeline.
In the trailer, viewers are introduced to some women astronauts. In reality, it took until 1983 for an American woman to enter space, when Dr. Sally Ride first orbited the Earth.
It'll premiere this fall.
For All Mankind is among the nine shows that will debut when the Apple TV+ app launches on November 1. Apple recently announced that the service will cost $5 per month; anyone who purchases an Apple product will receive a free year.
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