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Seven Minutes of Terror

## Chronology

"**Seven Minutes of Terror**" is the fifth episode of the third season of *For All Mankind*. It was released on Apple TV+ on July 8, 2022.

## Synopsis

The race to land first on Mars brings together unexpected allies.

## Plot

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## Cast

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Main Cast

* Joel Kinnaman as Edward Baldwin
* Shantel VanSanten as Karen Baldwin
* Jodi Balfour as Ellen Waverly
* Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole
* Edi Gathegi as Dev Ayesa
* Cynthy Wu as Kelly Baldwin
* Casey W. Johnson as Danny Stevens
* Coral Peña as Aleida Rosales
* Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison

Guest Starring

* Piotr Adamczyk as Sergei Orestovich Nikulov
* Noah Harpster as Bill Strausser
* Alexander Sokovikov as Rolan Baranov
* Robert Bailey Jr. as Will Tyler
* Daniel David Stewart as Nick Corrado
* Lenny Jacobson as Wayne Cobb
* Sean Patrick Thomas as Corey Johnson
* Justice as Isaiah Johnson
* Sahana Srinivasan as Nuri Prabakar
* Lev Gorn as Grigory Kuznetsov
* Vera Cherny as Lenara Catiche
* Pawel Szajda as Alexei Poletov
* Ilza Ponko as Isabel Castillo
* Jessica Tuck as Christine Francis

Co-Starring

* Amol Shah as Adarsh Sethi
* Anne Beyer as Louisa Mueller
* Goran Ivanovski as Dr. Dimitri Mayakovsky
* Ken Rudulph as Edward Kline
* Diane Dehn  as Jean Williamson
* Thomas Steven Varga  as GUIDO - NASA
* Monica Bhatnagar  as Controller - Helios
* Blair Hickey as Richard 'Dicky' Hilliard
* Geoff Nathanson  as Reporter

Other

* Roman Mitichyan  as Dimitri (uncredited)

## Appearances

### Events & missions

 **Race to Mars** **Burial in space** **First crewed Mars landing**
### Vehicles & vessels

 ***Sojourner 1*** ***Mars-94*** ***Phoenix*** ***Popeye*** **LEM** (flashback)
## External links

### Soundtrack

  Soundtrack of episode 3x05, "Seven Minutes of Terror" on Tunefind
### Transcript

  Transcript of episode 3x05, "Seven Minutes of Terror" on TV Show Transcripts
Polaris Space Tours

*This article is about the space tourism company. For the space station, see Polaris Orbital Hotel. For the accident, see Polaris hotel disaster. For the shuttle, see Polaris shuttle. For the episode of season 3, see Polaris (episode).*

## General Information

### Owner

Sam Cleveland
Karen Baldwin

### Dissolved

1992

**Polaris Space Tours** was the world's first space tourism company founded by entrepreneur Sam Cleveland in a partnership with Karen Baldwin. The company existed from the mid 80s until mid 1992.

## History

### Founding & first operations

The company was founded in the mid 80s during the global Space Boom. In March 1986, they unveiled their first spaceplane called *Polaris 1*, which would start taking paying customers to low Earth orbitW from the beginning of 1987.

### Polaris Hotel

*Main article: Polaris Orbital Hotel*
In 1990, Sam and Karen announced their latest venture, the construction of an own space station in Earth's orbit to be used as an orbital hotel.

On July 17th, 1992, the Polaris hotel had its soft opening with the wedding of Danny and Amber Stevens. The official opening was planned for August.

### Dissolution & liquidation

After the Polaris hotel disaster, during which Sam Cleveland died, the company was dissolved. The hotel was shut down and scheduled to be deconstructed and sold for scrap. However, Dev Ayesa, CEO of Helios Aerospace, offered Karen to buy the station to use it as the command and habitation module for its Mars spacecraft *Phoenix*.

## Gallery

Polaris Space Tours in the news (1986)Sam & Karen unveil their space plane *Polaris One* (1986)In the newspaperForbes' entrepreneurs of the year 1988Announcing the construction of an orbital hotel (1990)Polaris in Earth's orbit (1992)Polaris with docked shuttlesDev Ayesa offering to buy the space stationKaren clearing her officePolaris Orbital Hotel Logo.
## See also

* Polaris shuttle
* Polaris Orbital Hotel
* Polaris hotel disaster

## References

1. ↑ Bonus Video: Another Giant Leap: 1984-1992 - Polaris Space Tours (1986)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 2: "Game Changer"
Operation Jolly Roger

**Operation Jolly Roger** was the name of a secret project by NASA for their spacecraft *Sojourner 1* during its mission to Mars.

## History

Soon after the three competitors had launched their spacecrafts for the Race to Mars and cut their initial burn, Houston gave the go for what they called "Operation Jolly Roger". Accompanied by a chantey broadcasted through Kelly Baldwin's outer space pirate radio, *Sojourner* hoisted two giant solar sails, very much to the surprise and the dismay of the other two participants. Bill Strausser at Helios' Mission Control quickly calculated, that the small but constant acceleration *Sojourner* would receive from the photon radiation pressure on their sails would result in beating *Phoenix* by 8 days.

### Reactions

Dev Ayesa smashed a monitor in Helios' control room after Bill told him that all his proposed solutions to get back the lead would either not work or be way too dangerous.

New Roscosmos director Lenara Catiche accused the United States of playing "dirty tricks" on Soviet state TV. In consequence, their Mars-94 spacecraft initiated another burn, which finally led to the damage of their engines and an imminent reactor meltdown, and the need of a rescue mission.

## Gallery

*Sojourner* deploying their solar sails*Sojourner* with the solar sails fully deployedConsternation aboard *Phoenix*
## Trivia

1. ↑ *Jolly RogerW* is the traditional name for the flag flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack.
2. ↑ The song played by Kelly was Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)W, the theme song for the *Pirates of the Caribbean* attractions at Disney theme parks.

## See also

* Sojourner-1 mission
* Helios Mars mission
* Rescue of Mars-94
* Race to Mars

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 4: "Happy Valley"
Shorty Powers

**Shorty Powers**, real name **John A. Powers**, was the public affairs officer (PAO) for NASA in the 70s.

## History

Shorty was with NASA Administrator Thomas Paine when the latter told Deke Slayton about President Nixon's wish to send a woman to the Moon, preferably a blonde.

Subsequently, he took part at the meetings to select the female ASCANs, wrote press briefings, and later on organised photo-shootings for the media.

## Gallery

Shorty Powers while presenting former Mercury 13Shorty Powers during a photo-shootingShorty PowersShorty photo-shooting with Molly

## Behind the scenes

In the real timeline, John "Shorty" Powers was NASA's public affairs officer from 1959 - 1963 during the Project MercuryW and was known as "the voice of the astronauts".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 3: "Nixon's Women"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 4: "Prime Crew"
Rescue of Mars-94

Mars-94:

* Grigory Kuznetsov
* Dimitri Mayakovsky
* Isabel Castillo
* Alexei Poletov
* Oleg Sidorov †

### Result

* Grigory Kuznetsov, Dimitri Mayakovsky, Isabel Castillo, and Alexei Poletov are successfully rescued
* Clarke Halladay, Sylvie Kaplan, and Oleg Sidoriv are killed during the rescue

A **rescue** of the crew of the Soviet space mission Mars-94 was preformed by the crew of NASA's Sojourner mission during the Race to Mars in fall 1994. The rescue was the result of *Mars-94* undergoing an imminent nuclear meltdown after its engines were pushed beyond their limits to attempt to get ahead of *Sojourner* and Helios's *Phoenix* in the race.

## History

*This section is currently incomplete. You can help by expanding it! Click here to add more.*
## Gallery

The rescue in the NewsSojourner approaching Mars-94Sojourner connected to Mars-94Rescue operationRescue operationRescue operationRescue operationRescue operationMars-94 fuel tank leakMars-94 hits SojournerMars-94 hits SojournerThe tether ripped
## See also

* Sojourner (spacecraft)
* Sojourner 1 (mission)
* Mars-94
* Race to Mars

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 4: "Happy Valley"
Pathfinder (disambiguation)

**Pathfinder** could refer to:

* NASA's 2nd generation Space Shuttles, see Space Shuttle.
* The first introduced shuttle of this class with the same name, see Pathfinder (Shuttle)
* The episode of season 2 with the same name, see Pathfinder (Episode)

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Race to the Moon

Alexei Leonev plants the Soviet flag on the Moon

> Remember, we chose to go to the moon not because it was easy...but because it was hard.
>
> Ellen Wilson, in Season 1, Episode 10, "A City Upon a Hill"

The **Race to the Moon** was a major event in the Space Race in which the American government-funded space agency NASA and the Soviet Space Program competed to reach the Moon, with the ultimate goal of landing the first human on Earth's natural satellite.

## History

### The Race

After the Soviet Union launched the first human into space, the race started in the late fifties when both superpowers started to reach out beyond Earth's orbit and send spacecrafts towards the Moon. After the first attempts of reaching Moon's orbit and later trying to land unmanned vehicles, the race gained momentum with John F. Kennedy'sW address at Rice University on the nation's space effort on September 12, 1962, where he announced the plan to bring American astronauts to the Moon before the end of the decade.

In 1966, key Soviet engineer Sergei Korolev underwent surgery and survived, allowing the Soviet space progran to acquire more funding to conduct better tests of the N1 rocket, and thus opening the door for a Soviet moon landing.

Ultimately, after several N1 launches, the race ended on June 26, 1969 with the Soviets landing Alexei Leonov on the Moon, followed shortly after by Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969.

### Aftermath

After the United States' defeat, many began doubting the willingness of NASA to take risks, notably Apollo 10 astronaut Edward Baldwin, who, believing NASA could have had a chance of landing Apollo 10 on the moon well before the Soviets, stated in a press conference that "NASA doesn't have guts anymore." Shortly after the launch of Apollo 12, the Soviets alao landed the first woman on the moon, Anastasia Belikova, urging NASA to also land a woman on the moon, and began recruiting female astronaut candidates for the Apollo program, including Mercury 13 trainees Molly Cobb and Patty Doyle, Tracy Stevens, Ellen Wilson, and Danielle Poole.

Eventually, Molly Cobb became the first American female astronaut in space and on the moon as part of Apollo 15, where she and Ed Baldwin discovered ice inside Shackleton Crater, paving the way for the moon bases Jamestown and Zvezda at said location.

Over time, Jamestown expanded both in size and operation, having been the site of a major battle in 1983 and the testing and launch site of Sojourner-1, carrying the seemingly first human beings to Mars.

## Gallery

JFK announcing to win the race to the moonUS-TV broadcast of Soviets moon landingAlexei Leonov's first step on the moonUS press after the Soviets won the Moon RaceHouston Sentinel, June 27 1969, closer lookNASA Mission Control during first manned US landingUS set flag on the Moon, 1 month after the Soviets
## See also

* Space Race
* Race to Mars

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Moon"
Season 1

*For the current season, see season 4*

## External links

The **first season** of *For All Mankind* premiered on November 1, 2019.

The season takes place from June 1969 (landing of Alexei Leonov on the Moon) to end of 1974 (Apollo 24 and 25), with a post credit scene in the final episode in 1983.

## Premise

Imagine a world where the global Space Race never ended. This "what if" take on history from Ronald D. Moore spotlights the lives of NASA astronauts - the heroes and rock stars of their time and their families.

## Cast & Characters

### Main cast

* Joel Kinnaman as Edward Baldwin
* Jodi Balfour as Ellen Waverly
* Michael Dorman as Gordo Stevens
* Sarah Jones as Tracy Stevens
* Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison
* Shantel VanSanten as Karen Baldwin

### Recurring cast

* Eric Ladin as Gene Kranz
* Arturo Del Puerto as Octavio Rosales
* Rebecca Wisocky as Marge Slayton
* Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole
* Sonya Walger as Molly Cobb
* Olivia Trujillo as Aleida Rosales
* Colm Feore as Wernher von Braun
* Jeff Branson as Neil Armstrong
* Chris Agos as Buzz Aldrin
* Ryan Kennedy as Michael Collins

## Galleries

### Images

S1 teaser posterS1 posterS1 bannerS1 Key Art
### Videos

#### Trailers

For All Mankind — Official First Look Trailer Apple TV+For All Mankind- Season 1 — Official Trailer - Apple TV+
#### Featurettes

For All Mankind — Remembering Apollo 11 Apple TV+For All Mankind — Creating the World Featurette - Apple TV+
Minor characters (Season 2)

List of **minor characters** of season 2 of the Apple TV+ series *For All Mankind*.

This page lists characters appearing in season 2 whose roles were too small for an own article. Characters in this list appeared in 1 or 2 (exceptionally 3) episodes only. They are listed alphabetically by their names, if known, or otherwise by how they were credited.

This list currently contains 23 characters.

## See also

* Minor character article for season   S1   /   S3   /   S4

### Other character categories

* All characters in *For All Mankind*
* Male characters in *For All Mankind*
* Female characters in *For All Mankind*
* Characters in season   S1   /   S2   /   S3   /   S4
Rolan Baranov

**Rolan Efimovitch Baranov** is a former Soviet military officer and cosmonaut who later defected to the United States and now works for NASA. He has PhDs in geology and structural engineering. In 1992, Baranov was selected to be part of NASA's first crewed mission to Mars.

## History

### Season 2

During the Jamestown crisis in 1983, Rolan was shot by Moon Marine Helena Webster. He survived and was brought to Jamestown, where he subsequently defected to the United States. His defection raised the already critical tensions between the US and the USSR, as the Soviets suspected them to keep Boranov against his will to interrogate him.

### Season 3

After his defection, Rolan started working as an astronaut for NASA, where he also served as CAPCOM for at least one mission. At some point between 1983 and 1994, he was part of a Jamestown mission, where he served together with Will Tyler.

In 1992, he was selected to be part of the Sojourner-1 mission to Mars. In NASA's Happy Valley base, he shared a bunk with his friend Will, as they did earlier on Jamestown already. However, when Will made his coming-out, he distanced himself because he was worried about his health and a potential infection with AIDSW. Will eventually confronted Baranov and the two got into an altercation, though mission commander Danielle Poole quickly stopped the two.

After the drilling disaster at the Helios base, Poole ordered the two to put their differences aside and work together on the rescue mission. The two were able to peacefully work together on planting explosives in the lavatubes to help free Ed Baldwin and Danny Stevens.

When US President Ellen Wilson signed an executive order to allow homosexuals to serve in the army after her own coming-out in September 1995, and bestowed a presidential medal of freedom on Will Tyler, Baranov told Will he was a brave man and that he was honored to be his friend.

## Gallery

Rolan Baranov in Jamestown medbay (1983)Rolan Baranov defecting (1983)Rolan Baranov on TVRolan Baranov on TVRolan Baranov CAPCOMRolan aboard the SojournerRolan during the Mars-94 rescue operationRolan at the Mars baseRolan at the Mars baseRolan's Family
## See also

* Danielle Poole
* Kelly Baldwin
* Will Tyler
* Clarke Halladay
* Sylvie Kaplan
* Sojourner-1 mission
* Jamestown crisis

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 4: "Happy Valley" (18:30)
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 8: "And Here's to You"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 9: "Triage"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 6: "New Eden"
5. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 7: "Bring It Down"
6. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 8: "The Sands of Ares"
7. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 9: "Coming Home"
Shane Baldwin

**Shane Baldwin** was the late son of Edward and Karen Baldwin.

## History

Shane was a good friend of Danny Stevens, the two boys were about the same age. Karen used to take care of Danny and his younger brother Jimmy when their parents, Gordo and Tracy Stevens were busy with their astronaut programs.

While his father was on a mission at Jamestown, he acted out on multiple occasions, getting into trouble along with Danny. Eventually, he was grounded, preventing him from attending his basketball game. Upset, Shane rode off on his bicycle while his mother attended a PTA meeting. However, Shane got into an accident on the way, leaving him brain dead. He is eventually put to rest.

His father previously wrote Shane's name in the regolithW on the Moon. After Shane's death, Ed set up a stone memorial, in Shane's memory, near his inscribed name.

Shane's bedroom became Kelly Baldwin's room when she was adopted into the Baldwin family as a child. Years later, Kelly discovered some stashed toys in an air vent in her bedroom, like a toy car and Shane's favorite Popeye action figure.

## Gallery

Shane as a babyShane 1969, ~6 yrs oldShane 1969Shane 1971, ~8 yrs oldShane 1971Shane 1974, ~11 yrs oldShane as scout, 1974Shane and his mother at MSCShane with Danny StevensShane before his accidentShane in hospital in comaEd building a memorial on the Moon
## See also

* Edward Baldwin
* Karen Baldwin
* Kelly Baldwin
* Danny Stevens

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 7: "Hi Bob" (29:38)
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 8: "Rupture"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 6: "Home Again"
4. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1 (Episodes 7 + 8)
5. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 9: "Bent Bird"
6. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2
Polaris (disambiguation)

**Polaris** could refer to:

* Polaris (episode), the title of the first episode of season 3 of the TV series *For All Mankind*.
* Polaris Space Tours, world's first space tourism company.
* Polaris shuttle, a passenger space shuttle operated by that company.
* Polaris orbital hotel, a former space station in Earth's orbit operated by that company.
* Polaris hotel disaster, the accident that happened on that station.
* Phoenix (spacecraft), a spacecraft of Helios Aerospace that was built partly from the former Polaris hotel.
* Phoenix (space station), a space station in Martian orbit, transitioned from the former spacecraft.

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Pete Conrad

**Pete Conrad** was an American astronaut at NASA in the late 60s.

## History

Pete was hanging out at the Outpost Tavern with the other astronauts the day after the Soviet Moon landing in June 1969. He was asked for any words on that issue by *Newsweek* reporter Paul Santoro but didn't want to comment it.

Conrad was the Commander of Apollo 12, which launched on September 19, 1969.

## Behind the scenes

The real Pete Conrad also commanded NASA's Apollo 12 mission, and like in the show, he became the third person to walk on the Moon.

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Moon"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 2: "He Built the Saturn V"
3. ↑   Pete Conrad on Wikipedia
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

## External Links

**Sergio Mimica-Gezzan** is a Croatian-born American film and television director and actor. He directed several episodes for the Apple TV+ series *For All Mankind*. Sergio is the son of famous Croatian film director Vatroslav MimicaW.

In 2022, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan was nominated for a Hugo AwardW for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)W, together with Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, for the final episode of Season 2, "The Grey".
Sea Dragon 16

## Sea Dragon Patch

**Sea Dragon 16** (**SD-16**) was the 16th Sea Dragon mission to supply Jamestown base with nuclear fuel. It was launched off the coast of GuamW. Just one month later it would be followed up by Sea Dragon 17.

## History

Sea Dragon 16 was used by the PentagonW to secretly bring a second reactor to Jamestown, to produce weapons grade plutonium. There where protests all across America, due to the nuclear fuel it was carrying.

## Notes

Sea Dragon 16 is the Sea Dragon being launched in the post-credits scene of Season 1, Episode 10, "A City Upon a Hill".

## Galleries

### Images

Sea Drageon 16 launch live on TVLaunch of Sea Dragon 16Sea Drageon 16 launch as seen by Ed & Karen Baldwin
### Video

For All Mankind - Sea Dragon Rocket LaunchPost-credit scene from episode 1x10 "A City Upon a Hill"
## See also

* Sea Dragon
* Sea Dragon 1
* Sea Dragon 17

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 6: "Best Laid Plans"
Ranger

***Ranger*** is a special type of spacecraft designed to capture asteroids and tow them into a planet's orbit for later mining. It was first introduced in the early 2000s.

## History

The spacecraft's first mission was the Kronos capturing mission in March 2003 (Ranger-1). The objective was to capture the asteroid XF Kronos and push it towards Mars to be mined in Martian orbit. However, the mission failed terribly, killing 2 crew members.

The next mission, the Goldilocks capturing mission (Ranger-2), was introduced some months later after the Thomas Paine Space Telescope discovered asteroid 2003LC, and analysis of the object resulted in it being an IridiumW-rich object that would cross Mars' orbit within the following 10 weeks, the value and location led to it being dubbed Goldilocks. The mission was originally planned to capture the asteroid and push it towards Mars to be mined in Martian orbit. Due to the excessive costs involved, this was changed to pushing it towards Mars to utilise a gravity assistW on it's way to Earth to be mined in Earth orbit.

## Behind the scenes

### Concept design

Ranger concept designs were done by Sean Hargeaves. The concept went through discussions, including if *Ranger* should push or pull, depending the size of the asteroid, and what the push or pull mechanisms could look like.

## Gallery

*Ranger* docked to *Phoenix* in Mars' orbitCockpit of *Ranger*Docking construction to connect with an asteroidDocked with asteroid XF KronosIgnition after dockingPushing the asteroid into an new orbitA controller working inside *Ranger*A *Ranger* screenDocking practiceRanger docked with GoldilocksRanger cockpit during Goldilocks capturing mission

## See also

* *Phoenix*
* *Unity*
* Spacecraft

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 5: "Goldilocks"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 6: "Leningrad"
4. ↑   Tweet from Sean Hargeaves
One Giant Leap: 1975-1982

"**One Giant Leap: 1975-1982**" is a series of bonus videos released by Apple TV+, connecting the events of the first and the second season.

The series covers the events of the years 1975 to 1982 in the format of a short news report for each year.

The bonus videos are available on the Apple TV+ website  or app, after selecting an episode of the corresponding season.

## Videos

*See also: Image gallery of this bonus video series*

## See also

* Image gallery of this bonus video series
* Another Giant Leap: 1984-1992
* Leap Into a New Millenium: 1996-2001
* Season 1
* Season 2
* Images from bonus videos
Paul Doucette

## External Links

**Paul Doucette** is an American musician and composer. Together with Jeff Russo he composed the soundtrack for season 3 of the Apple TV+ TV-series *For All Mankind*. He is also credited as "composer additional music" for season 2.

Paul Doucette is best known for being the drummer, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the band Matchbox TwentyW, and as the frontman of his own band The Break and Repair MethodW. From 2002 to 2014 he was married to Moon ZappaW, the daughter of Frank ZappaW.

## Credits

* Season 3 - Composer (with Jeff Russo)
* Season 2 - (composer additional music)

## External links

* Matchbox Twenty - Official website
* Matchbox Twenty on Spotify
* Matchbox Twenty on Apple Music
* The Break and Repair Method on Spotify
* The Break and Repair Method on Apple Music
S.E.E.K.E.R.

**Subterranean Extraterrestrial Exploration via Kinematically Enhanced Robots**, short **S.E.E.K.E.R.**, is a scientific project of Kelly Baldwin together with Aleida Rosales with the aim to find extraterrestrial life in the Solar System, specifically on Mars.

## History

*This section is currently incomplete. You can help by expanding it! Click here to add more.*
After Kelly Baldwin was informed by NASA administrator Eli Hobson that her scientific research would be set on hold because of budget cuts after the Kronos disaster, she teamed up with Aleida Rosales who had just quit at NASA. The two presented their project to several companies, including Helios Aerospace, Northrop GrummanW, Lockheed MartinW, and RaytheonW, but were refused by all of them.

They then tried to convince Dev Ayesa, who also wasn't interrested in their project first, but changed his mind and subsequently used Kelly and Aleida to collect enough shares to get back his former company. After the take-over, Helios is now backing the S.E.E.K.E.R. project.

## See also

* Helios Aerospace
* Carl Sagan Center for Planetary Science
* Kelly Baldwin
* Aleida Rosales
* Dev Ayesa

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 3: "The Bear Hug"
Rich LaPorte

**Rich LaPorte** was the commander of the Polaris Orbital Hotel, the first commercial space station in Earth's orbit.

## History

Commander LaPorte was working on the Polaris flight deck, when debris from a failed North Korean rocket hit the station during the wedding of Danny and Amber Stevens, resulting in an uncommanded burn of one of the station's orbital thrusters. He informed Sam Cleveland and Karen Baldwin and ordered an EVA, performed by the technicians Joaquin Asencio and Cy Reed. However, during the spacewalk, a stabilizer cable connecting the habitation ring and the central hub ripped off, hit the two technicians, killed their life support system and sent them both into open space.

As the artificial gravityW in the ring sections was constantly rising due to the faster spinning, LaPorte had to order the immediate evacuation of the station, because of the danger of the station breaking apart should the gravity level exceed 4 G.

## Gallery

LaPorte on the Polaris flight deckInforming Sam & KarenLaPorte monitoring the EVAGravity reaching 2.8 G

## See also

* Joaquin Asencio
* Controller Whitney
* Controller John
* Controller Steven

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris"
Space tourism

**Space tourism** is human space travel for recreational purposes.

## History

During the global Space Boom of the mid 80s, the pioneer space tourist company Polaris Space Tours was founded by Sam Cleveland and Karen Baldwin. The two space tourism pioneers unveiled their plans on building an own space station to be used as an orbital hotel in 1990, and by mid 1992 the hotel in Earth's orbit was built and ready for operation.

By the late 1990s space tourism eventually made a comeback, with HiltonW opening the first hotel on the Moon for the general public.

## Gallery

The Polaris Hotel, pioneering space tourismHilton's hotel on the Moon
## See also

* Polaris Space Tours
* Polaris Orbital Hotel
* Space Boom

## References

1. ↑ AppleTV+ Bonus Video: Another Giant Leap: 1984-1992: Global Space Boom (1986)
2. ↑ Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost" (Press review intro) → Screenshot
Sabrina Almeida

## External Links

**Sabrina Almeida** is a Brazilian born American producer and television writer.

She was an executive story editor for season three of the Apple TV+ series *For All Mankind* and wrote episode five of that season. She also wrote episode four of season four, "House Divided".

Almeida moved to the United States with her parents as a child. She went to MIT, pursued aerospace engineering, and worked for NASA, designing command sequences for their Cassini spacecraft, before switching focus and becoming a television writer.

## References

1. ↑   msinthebiz.com: Writer’s Corner: Sabrina Almeida
Spaceplane

Two types of spaceplanes:* Space Shuttle Columbia (top)
* Polaris shuttle (bottom)

A **spaceplane** is a vehicle that can glide like an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and maneuver like a spacecraft in space.
Spaceplanes incorporate features of both aircraft and spacecraft.

## Known spaceplanes

Five types of spaceplanes are known to have successfully launched to orbit, reentered Earth's atmosphere, and safely landed on the ground:

## Notes

A new 3rd generation NASA shuttle is shown in the news reel of the season 4 premiere "Glasnost", however, nothing is known about it.

It is also known that HiltonW has opened a hotel on the Moon, and that beside Helios Aerospace, there are other private energy companies doing lunar mining operations. It can therefore be assumed that there are more and other private spaceplanes in use by the late 1990s. However nothing more is known about this.

In 1999, the successor to the ConcordW aircraft was announced, and stated to be suborbital, making it potentially a spaceplane. This appears to be a realisation of the Boom OvertureW aircraft design in OTL, which is not planned to be suborbital, and was not yet designed by that time.

## See also

* Spacecraft
* Launch vehicle

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost" (Press review intro) → Screenshot
2. ↑ Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost" (Press review intro) → Screenshot
3. ↑ Bonus Video: Leap Into a New Millenium: 1996-2001 - The Mars-7 Alliance (1997) → Screenshot
4. ↑ Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost" (Press review intro) → Screenshot
Stepan Gura

Police Lieutenant **Stepan Gura** was a Soviet police officer in Moscow. He sided with the putschists during the coup d'état in fall 2003.

## History

Stepan Gura was the first person to interrogate Margo Madison after she was arrested at a turmoil at Artem's newsstand in Moscow. He introduced himself as Police Lieutenant Stepan Gura and offered to talk with her in English, asking her about her profession and her role in what he called "anti-government activities" at an "illegal political demonstration against orderly government transition". However, his bigger concern was the phone number he found on a card in Margo's purse. Gura told her, that the prefix is pointing to the Third Chief DirectorateW of the KGB, and that this directorate is opposing constitutional transfer of power to Fyodor Korzhenko. He told her that if they would find that she was working with the corrupt regime of Mikhail Gorbachev, and therefore against the Soviet Union, she could be charged with as little as 10 years in work camp up to the death penalty.

When some turmoil started outside the cell, with gunshots fired, Lieutenant Gura left the room. Some time later, another man in military uniform returned, presenting himself as Colonel Vidor Kolikoff. After he freed Margo from the table she was bound to, he appologized for the circumstances and told her that the army is working on restoring order to return Gorbachev to power. Then he knocked on the door and another officer brought back Stepan Gura, who had been beaten in meantime and was forced to his knees. Kolikoff started to interrogate Gura in front of Margo, and when he didn't answer right away, he broke one of his fingers. He wanted to know about the phone number and who had answered when Gura had called it. Kolikoff told Gura, that the number redirects to the Second Chief Directorate of the KGB, counter-intelligence, and that he was not talking to the KGB but to the KGB that watches the other KGB, which were the ones backing Korzhenko and his coup.

After Kolikoff heard enough, he turned arround and shot Stepan Gura in the back of his head, leaving Margo in shock, covered with Gura's blood.

## Gallery

Stepan Gura interrogating MargoThe ominous phone numberColonel Vidor KolikoffGura is brought back.....and mistreatedStepan Gura is executed by Kolikoff

## See also

* Vidor Kolikoff
* Fyodor Korzhenko
* 2003 Soviet coup d'état

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 3: "The Bear Hug"
Stevens (disambiguation)

**Stevens** may refer to:

* Characters:
	+ Gordo Stevens, deceased, former astronaut at NASA.
	+ Tracy Stevens, deceased, Gordo's ex-wife and former astronaut at NASA.
	+ Danny Stevens, Gordo and Tracy's older son, former astronaut at NASA and then at Helios Aerospace.
	+ Jimmy Stevens, Gordo and Tracy's younger son.
	+ Amber Stevens, Danny Steven's wife.
	+ Avery Stevens, Danny & Amber Steven's daughter.

* Events & Locations:
	+ The Memorial of Gordo and Tracy Stevens, a statue in honor of Gordo & Tracy.
	+ The Wedding of Danny and Amber Stevens.

**Steven** may refer to:

* Steven Lopez, an astronaut and Moon Marine.
* Steven (Polaris), a controller on the Polaris space station.
* Steven (NASA), a NASA engineer.

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Stepan Petrovich Alexseev

**Stepan Petrovich Alexseev** is a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the commander of the Soyuz spacecraft for the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1983.

## History

In August 1983, Alexseev and his comrade Radislav Orlov visited Houston in preparation of the Apollo-Soyus project. Together with their American colleagues Danielle Poole and Nathan Morrison, they went to the Outpost to eat Hamburgers and drink Jack Daniels.

In mid September, during an all-time height of the Cold War, Stepan and Danielle decided to ignore their orders to abort the docking of the two spacecraft in Earth's orbit, resulting in a famous handshake in space. Their action eased the tension between the two superpowers and led to a meeting of US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov, and later to the Lunar Peace Agreement.

## Gallery

Stepan & Radislav at JSC in HoustonThe Soviet cosmonauts meet their American colleaguesDrinking together in the OutpostThe two spacecraft approaching in Earth's orbitThe famout handshake in space

## See also

* Radislav Semenovich Orlov
* Danielle Poole
* Nathan Morrison
* Apollo-Soyuz

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 6: "Best Laid Plans"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 10: "The Grey"
Tim McKiernan

**Tim "Bird Dog" McKiernan** is an engineer and flight controller at NASA, working at the Manned Spacecraft Center (later JSC) from the 60s to the 80s.

## History

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As an engineer, he was the flight controller called "Booster", short for "booster systems engineer", the person who has to monitor and evaluate performance of propulsion-related aspects of the launch vehicle during prelaunch and ascent. McKiernan was acting as Booster for the early manned Apollo flights, working in Mission Control in Houston.

Tim McKiernan was the leader of the team Aleida Rosales was initially assigned to when she started working at JSC in 1983. He introduced her to the team and showed her her working place.

## Gallery

Tim McKiernan in 1969Tim McKiernan in 1969Tim McKiernan in 1973McKiernan on his post, beside Hank PoppenTim McKiernan in 1983
## Behind the scenes

1. ↑ In reality, all booster technicians were employed at the Marshall Space Flight CenterW in Huntsville and reported to Houston for the launches. In the show, the booster enigneers work at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.

## See also

* Flight controller
* Mission Control
* Fred Talmadge
* Hank Poppen

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 2: "He Built the Saturn V"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 5: "The Weight"
Vasily Galkin

**Vasily Galkin** is a Soviet worker for Helios Aerospace at Happy Valley.

## History

In the aftermath of the 2003 Soviet coup d'état, Vasily is opinionated about the change in leadership, arguing with cosmonaut Svetlana Zakharova while working together outside on the Martian surface. After he calls her a traitor, she attacks him, leading to a scuffle that ends with Galkin's suit puncturing and losing pressure. After being rescued to the base, he is left in a comatose state in a hyperbaric chamber under supervision of Dr. Dimitri Mayakovsky. His injury and the cause of it causes anger among the other Helios workers who believe that Zakharova is not facing harsh enough punishment for almost killing him.

Back on Earth, his political connections as the nephew of a Politburo member result in the Soviet Union wishing to bring Zakharova to trial for her actions, recalling her from Mars. This causes new tensions between the two main M-7 partners, as NASA and Happy Valley commander Danielle Poole were not willing to send Zakharova back, expecting her not to get a fair trial. Until a compromise was made between the United States and the Soviet Union to send her to India, the only neutral M-7 member, to face trial.

## See also

* Svetlana Zakharova
* Samantha Massey

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 4: "House Divided"
Reporter 2

**Reporter 2** is an unnamed American journalist and television reporter for *16 News* in the 90s.

## History

In fall 1994, he reported live from Johnson Space Center in Houston at the day Sojourner 1 launched to Mars.

## See also

* Karla Dunn
* Janice Haan ("Reporter 1")
* Jack Gould

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 3: "All In"
Roopesh Gujar

**Roopesh Gujar** is a visual effects producer from *Verve* *Digital Technologies* on For All Mankind.

## Other work

* *Titanic*
* *Synecdoche, New York*
* *Death Race*
* *Invictus*
* *Remember Me*
* *Repo Men*
* *Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance*
* *Jobs*
* *The Hangover Part III*
* *Need for Speed*
* *Transformers: Age of Extinction*
* *The Expendables 3*
* *Last Knights*
* *San Andreas*
* *Anomalisa*
* *The Martian*
* *Pan*
* *The Walk*
* *The Good Wife*
* *The Man in the High Castle*
* *Deadpool*
* *Silicon Valley*
* *Hellboy*
* *Whiskey Cavalier*
Yuri Andropov

**Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov** (Юрий Владимирович Андропов) was the premier of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984. The former chairman of the KGBW, Andropov ascended to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party after the death of Leonid BrezhnevW. His tenure saw a marked deterioration of relations with the United States, as the Soviets clashed with American President Ronald Reagan over Cold War policy and the militarization of space.

## History

In 1983, Andropov declared his support for the Soviet-aligned regime of Omar Torrijos in Panama, which was partially occupied by the United States. As the world neared nuclear war, the USSR deployed its fleet off the coast of Panama, and Andropov personally told Reagan that the Soviets would use force to prevent Sea Dragon 17 (thought to be carrying nuclear weapons) from reaching the Jamestown lunar base.

The crisis was eventually defused after the success of the Apollo-Soyuz mission caused Reagan to land Air Force OneW in Moscow to meet Andropov.

In 1984, Andropov and Reagan signed the Lunar Peace Agreement in Malta that divided the Moon into US and Soviet zones. The treaty was signed on January 9.[*Citation needed*] Exactly after a month, on February 9, Andropov died.

## Gallery

Yuri Andropov during a speech.....at the Kremlin Palace.Ronald & Nancy Reagan land in MoscowAndropov & Reagan handshake on TV.....and seen in Mission ControlReagan & Andropov sign Moon treaty
## Behind the scenes

Yuri Andropov is one of many characters that *For All Mankind* borrows from the real-world. He is seen in archival footage and through the use of a voice actor. In reality, Andropov's tenure also saw several nuclear scares with the United States, such as the Able Archer 83W. Andropov died in 1984. He was briefly succeeded by Konstantin ChernenkoW, who was himself succeeded by Mikhail GorbachevW in 1985.

In the show, Gorbachev took office in 1986 only and it is unknown who was the Soviet premier between him and Andropov.

## See also

* Mikhail Gorbachev
* List of Leaders of the Soviet Union
* Soviet Union

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 10: "The Grey"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris" (Press review)
Svetlana Zakharova

**Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova** is a cosmonaut and spacecraft pilot for Roscosmos, who worked at Happy Valley, Mars, in 2003.

## History

Svetlana and Ed Baldwin co-piloted *Ranger 1* on the Kronos capturing mission. Although initially a success, the anchors were not stable enough and *Ranger 1* began losing control. After Tom Parker was killed, and Grigory Kuznetsov's leg was crushed in a failed attempt to re-tension the cables, Ed intended to do an emergency EVA, but Svetlana advised him not to.

Months later, Svetlana stopped receiving messages from her father and later learned of a coup d'état happening in the Soviet Union. Although Danielle Poole offered her some time off, Svetlana insisted to continue with her *Ranger 1* training runs. During which, Ed offered her to take the lead as he tried to hide his hand tremors. Svetlana was able to succesfully complete the docking procedure. After the training, Svetlana complained about back pain she had since the asteroid capturing mission, and that Dr. Dimitri Mayakovsky's pain medications would not help. Ed then invited her to his garden, also showing her his secret marijuana plants he had been growing, and offered her to smoke to allay her pain.

While testing modified anchor clamps, Vasily Galkin began discussing politics, despite Svetlana not being interested. However, after Galkin called her a traitor, Svetlana tries to attack him, they begin to push and shove until Galkin is knocked over, damaging his suit. Svetlana called for help immediately, as Galkin was taken to hyperbaric chambers.

Later, Ed and Danielle discuss her punishment, but she tells the two it is irrevelevant as she has been ordered to return to Moscow to stand trial as Galkin is the nephew of a politburo member. Ed and Danielle both agree to keep her on the base, afraid of the one sided trial she would face. This ultimately creates tensions on the base, as the Soviet Union consider pulling out of the Mars-7 Alliance and possibly re-igniting the Cold War. However, Eli Hobson ultimately comes with the idea to have Svetlana stand trial in India, which is the only neutral M-7 nation, which both Al Gore and Fyodor Korzhenko agree to.

Before Svetlana left, Ed tried to have her hide out on the fourth floor while he periodically would bring her supplies, but Svetlana didn't want Ed to risk his career for her. The two share a kiss before Ed escorted her out of the base.

## Gallery

Svetlana on *Ranger 1*Svetlana in Ed's gardenSvetlana leaves Happy Valley
## Trivia

The character and the actress portraying her share the same birthday, although not the same year. The age of the character is 6 years younger than the actual age of the actress during release of Season 4.

## See also

* Roscosmos
* Edward Baldwin
* Vasily Galkin

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Season 4, Episode 4: "House Divided" → Screenshot
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 3: "The Bear Hug"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 4: "House Divided"
Sarah Dale

Bill Strausser[src]

## Personal Information

### Family

Miles Dale (father)
Amanda Dale (mother)
Lily Dale (sister)

## Series Information

### Season

Four

**Sarah Dale** is the older daughter of Miles and Amanda Dale, and the sister of Lily.

## History

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## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost"
Willie Baron

**Willie Baron** is the Concressman who interrogates Larry Wilson during the House subcommittee hearing on NASA contracts in 1995.

## History

During the subcommittee hearing, Baron accused the first gentleman of having had an affair with an unknown White House aide. Larry denied that under oath.

## Gallery

The hearing with Larry & BaronBaron questioning Larry Wilson

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 7: "Bring It Down"
Sea Dragon 17

## Sea Dragon Patch

**Sea Dragon 17** (**SD-17)** was an uncrewed resupply mission for the Jamestown Moon base using the Sea Dragon launch vehicle.

The rocket was carrying nuclear weapons (allegedly), to be used against the Soviets. It was destroyed by missiles fired by Edward Baldwin from *Pathfinder* in lunar orbit.

## History

### Launch and coast to the Moon

Sea Dragon 17 was launched 30 miles of the coast of GuamW successfully and entered orbit alongside *Pathfinder* which was supposed to protect it, as the Soviets were blockading the Moon to keep Sea Dragon from reaching it. Sea Dragon initiated lunar transfer with *Pathfinder* beside it.

### Lunar orbit

Sea Dragon and *Pathfinder* arrived in lunar orbit where they were intercepted by the Soviet Buran shuttle. As Buran approached Sea Dragon, the crew of *Pathfinder*, consisting of Edward Baldwin, Sally Ride, and Gary Piscotty, prepared to fire at it. Behind the Moon and therefore out of contact with Mission Control, they could not be ordered to stand down.

Just before *Pathfinder* was supposed to fire the missile, Ride refused to participate and ended up holding Ed at gunpoint. Ride was unable to shoot Ed and instead reasoned with him to what seems like no avail as he fired the missile at Buran. Suddenly, Ed changed the missiles course away from Buran and destroyed Sea Dragon 17, this ended the stand off as debris rained down on the Moon.

### Aftermath

The explanation given to the media, was that Sea Dragon 17 exploded due to faulty wiring and as a result all Sea Dragon production was halted until a later date. The destruction of Sea Dragon 17 allowed for American-Soviet relations to heal and the ending of the Jamestown Crisis.

## Galleries

### Images

Sea Dragon 17 launch controlSea Dragon 17 launchesSea Dragon & Pathfinder depart from Earth orbitSea Dragon & Pathfinder approaching MoonBreaking burn into lunar orbitSea Dragon & Pathfinder in lunar orbitPathfinder missile radarSea Dragon explodes
### Video

For All Mankind - Pathfinder Shuttle Maiden FlightSea Dragon 17 launch & *Pathfinder* air-launch from carrier aircraft
Scene from episode 2x09 "Triage"
## See also

* Sea Dragon 1
* Sea Dragon 16
* Sea Dragon

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 10: "The Grey"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 9: "Triage"