For All Mankind (2019)
For All Mankind is a 2019 drama series created by Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore. It stars Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt and Cynthy Wu.
One line of history breaks differently: the Soviet Union plants the first boots on the Moon, and a humiliated United States refuses to stand down. The space race never cools. Ronald D. Moore and his co-creators follow NASA astronauts, engineers, and the families who wait on the ground as each decade pushes the program further than it went in our timeline. Ambition, grief, and Cold War pressure share the same launch pad. The title borrows from the Apollo 11 plaque, and the show honors that reach while asking what a braver, harder space age would cost the people living it.
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What is For All Mankind about?
One line of history breaks differently: the Soviet Union plants the first boots on the Moon, and a humiliated United States refuses to stand down. The space race never cools. Ronald D. Moore and his co-creators follow NASA astronauts, engineers, and the families who wait on the ground as each decade pushes the program further than it went in our timeline. Ambition, grief, and Cold War pressure share the same launch pad. The title borrows from the Apollo 11 plaque, and the show honors that reach while asking what a braver, harder space age would cost the people living it.
When was For All Mankind released?
For All Mankind was released on 1 November 2019.
How many episodes does For All Mankind have?
For All Mankind has 50 episodes across 5 seasons.
Who made For All Mankind?
For All Mankind was created by Matt Wolpert, Ronald D. Moore and Ben Nedivi.
Where can I watch For All Mankind?
For All Mankind is available on AppleTV+.
Where to watch For All Mankind
Stream: AppleTV+
Cast
- Joel Kinnaman as Ed Baldwin
- Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison
- Cynthy Wu as Kelly Baldwin
- Coral Peña as Aleida Rosales
- Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole
- Shantel VanSanten as Karen Baldwin
- Jodi Balfour as Ellen Wilson
- Edi Gathegi as Dev Ayesa
- Noah Harpster as Bill Strausser
- Michael Dorman as Gordon 'Gordo' Stevens
- Casey W. Johnson as Danny Stevens
- Toby Kebbell as Miles Dale
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Explore For All Mankind guides
For All Mankind in our writing
- The Canon: Nothing We Invented Beats July 1969
- Companion guide: Alternate History
- Companion guide: Space Exploration
- Companion guide: Stranded in Space
A few thoughts on For All Mankind
This is comfort food for space dreamers. Read Project Hail Mary for another story of engineers solving impossible problems off Earth. The comic Galaxy Express 999 carries the same romance of the stars as a destination, and the album Black Holes and Revelations reaches for a similar cosmic scale. Deltron 3030 supplies a moodier future to sit alongside it.
Alternate histories where one change reshapes society
For All Mankind asks what happens if the Soviets reach the Moon first, and never stops pulling that thread across decades. These series share the appeal: a single divergence rippling outward until the whole world looks different. Speculative drama grounded in real politics, real people, and hard consequences.
Human-scale space exploration and its cost
The Ronald D. Moore drama keeps the astronauts and the families waiting on the ground in the same frame, weighing ambition against grief. These series share that ground-level view of the frontier: crews, engineers, and the people who pay for every launch. Space stories that care about the humans as much as the hardware.
Hard-science games about pushing into the unknown
For All Mankind treats engineering, risk, and discovery as heroic, the way great science fiction games do. These titles hand you the frontier directly: labs, hostile worlds, and problems solved with wit under pressure. A strong crossover for fans who want to live the space-age daring instead of only watching it.
Manga imagining humanity's future among machines and stars
For All Mankind reaches for a bolder space age, and these manga reach even further, into deep space, cyborg futures, and the long arc of civilization. Each pairs cosmic scope with intimate stakes, following people caught between progress and its price. Cross-media picks for readers drawn to speculative futures.