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Season 2

*For the current season, see season 4*

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The **second season** of *For All Mankind* was renewed on October 15, 2019.

The season is set about 9 years after the end of the first season at a critical point of the Cold War. It starts at May 21, 1983, and ends around end of September of the same year, with a short last scene in 1995 at the end of the final episode.

Season 2 premiered on February 19, 2021.

## Premise

*For All Mankind* season two picks up a decade later in 1983. It's the greater climbing of the Cold War and of the tensions between the United States and the USSR. Ronald Reagan is president and the greater ambitions of science and space exploration are at threat of being squandered as the US and Soviets go head-to-head to control sites rich in resources on the Moon.

The Department of Defense has moved into Mission Control, and the militarization of NASA becomes central to several characters' stories: Some fight it, some use it as an opportunity to advance their own interests, and some find themselves at the height of a conflict that may lead to nuclear war.

## Cast and characters

* Joel Kinnaman as Edward Baldwin
* Jodi Balfour as Ellen Wilson
* Michael Dorman as Gordo Stevens
* Sarah Jones as Tracy Stevens
* Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison
* Shantel VanSanten as Karen Baldwin
* Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole
* Sonya Walger as Molly Cobb
* Cynthy Wu as Kelly Baldwin
* Casey W. Johnson as Danny Stevens
* Coral Peña as Aleida Rosales

## Other releases

### Bonus videos

*Main article: One Giant Leap: 1975-1982*
Apple TV+ released a series of 8 bonus videos connecting season one & two. They cover the events of the years 1975 - 1982 in the format of short news reports.

### Time Capsule

*Main article: For All Mankind: Time Capsule*
On February 11, 2021, one week before the season two premiere, Apple released an augmented reality iOS application called For All Mankind: Time Capsule on its App Store. The application covers the time between seasons one and two, showing the relationship between astronauts Gordo and Tracy Stevens, and their son Danny.

### Podcast

*Main article: For All Mankind: The Official Podcast*
During the release period of season two, a podcast named *For All Mankind: The Official Podcast*, hosted by Krys Marshall (playing astronaut Danielle Poole in the series), was released every 2 weeks. It featured behind-the-scenes looks and interviews with cast and crew members of the show, as well as with scientists and former astronauts. Including some additional bonus rounds, a total of 10 podcast episodes were released for season 2.

## Media

### Videos

#### Trailers

For All Mankind — Season 2 Trailer Apple TV+For All Mankind — Season 2 Official Teaser Apple TV
#### Bonus videos

For All Mankind - Ellen's full video message to Pam
## References

1. ↑   deadline.com: *"For All Mankind" Drama Renewed For Season 2 By Apple*
Octavio Rosales

**Octavio Rosales** is an immigrant from Mexico. After his wife Graciana died in June 1969, he illegally crossed the border with his daughter Aleida to live a new life in the United States. There, he worked at NASA's Johnson Space Center as a custodian under a dead man's social security number.

## History

### Season 1

He encouraged his daughter's interest in engineering and was proud when she became a protegee of Margo Madison. When Aleida became distracted by her relationship with Anthony, he scolded her because she had allowed boys to distract her when Margo never did.

FBI agent Gavin Donahue discovered his illegal status while investigating the Apollo 23 disaster. He believed Octavio would be a Soviet spy and had him deported. Octavio managed to make a phone call to his daughter and learned that their housemates had also been arrested. He was reassured when Aleida claimed she would be staying with Margo, even though Margo had already refused to take her in.

### Season 3

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Almost two decades later, Octavio had returned to Texas, where he was reunited with his daughter and lived together with her new family. However, he suffered from increasing dementia, which started to cause a problem for Aleida and her husband Victor.

## Gallery

Early picture of Octavio's familyOctavio with his wife & daughterThe Rosales family watching the Moon landing in 1969The grave of his wifeOctavio before leaving Mexico for the US in summer '69Octavio in the US, 1970Calling Aleida after being arrestedOctavio in 1992Cooking for the family
## See also

* Aleida Rosales
* Graciana Rosales
* Victor Diaz
* Javier Diaz

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Moon"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 8: "Rupture"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 9: "Bent Bird"
4. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 10: "A City Upon a Hill"
5. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris"
Mission Control

A **Mission Control Center**, mostly just called **Mission Control**, is a flight control center for spaceflights. It manages space missions from launch until landing or the end of the mission. A staff of flight controllers and other personnel monitor every aspect of the mission using telemetry, and communicate with the astronauts through ground stations.

Usually associated with NASA's Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center, all space agencies as well as spaceflight organizations from the private sector have their own Mission Control Centers. Another notable Mission Control Center by the early 90s is the one of Helios Aerospace, the private competitor in the Race to Mars.

## NASA Mission Control

NASA's Mission Control Center is part of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It is also well known by its radio callsign "Houston". It manages all flight control for NASA's human space missions. By 1992, it was renamed to "Mars Mission Control Center".

## Helios Mission Control

Helios' Mission Control Center is located in the company's headquarters in Houston, Texas. It controls Helios' spaceship *Phoenix* on its Mars mission.

## Soviet Mission Control

The Soviet Union's equivalent is the "Tsentr Upravlyeniya Polyotom" (TsUP), in KorolyovW, close to Moscow. It was founded 1960.

## See also

* Johnson Space Center
* Kennedy Space Center

## External links

* Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center on Wikipedia

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3
Olga Poletova

**Olga Poletova** is the mother of Alexei Poletov, the Soviet cosmonaut who died on Mars in 1995, and the grandmother of his and Kelly Baldwin's son, Alex Poletov.

## History

In 2003, Olga is living with Kelly and Alex in Houston, although Kelly wouldn't be mad if she would move back to Omsk at some point.

## Gallery

Olga cooking in Kelly's houseOlga with Alex
## See also

* Alexei Poletov
* Alex Poletov

## References

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

(god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves)

### Satellites

* Mariner 27 (1992)
* Mariner 28 (1992)

## Astronomical & Physical Information

### Temperature

-193°C (min)
427°C (max)

### Length of day

58.646 d (syderial)
176 d (synodic)

### Distance to Earth

0.517 AU / 85.42 million km (min)
1.483 AU / 221.85 million km (max)

### Com delay

5 min. (min)
12 min. (max)

## Size comparison

Mercury, Earth, Moon

**Mercury** is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun.

## General information

Mercury is smaller than the two largest moons in the Solar System, GanymedeW and TitanW. Although it has only about 72% the diameter of Mars, it has almost the same gravity due to being much denser than the red planet. Mercury has a heavily cratered surface which is well preserved since there is no geological activity. It is the only planet beside Venus in the Solar System without a moon.

Albeit its proximity to the Sun, Mercury is not tidally lockedW, but has a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, rotating three times for every two revolutions around the Sun. This leads to one solar day lasting about 176 Earth days, two Mercury years of 88 days. Being so close to the Sun without a notable atmosphere, temperatures on Mercury reach up to 427°C.

## Exploration

Because Mercury's orbit is so much closer to the Sun than Earth, reaching the planet causes significant technical challenges. A mission to Mercury requires more rocket fuel than to escape the Solar System. Nevertheless, several probes were sent to the planet over the years.

In 1983, NASA's Mariner 14 got even closer to the Sun on a research mission just inside Mercury's orbit, when it was suddenly fried by a solar flare of an intensity never seen before.

In July 1992, NASA's Mariner 27 probe was in a low Mercury orbit doing terrain scans. At the same time, the sister probe Mariner 28, also in Mercury's orbit, was undertaking far IR scans as part of it solar observation mission.

## Notes

Mercury is not shown in the series. The images in the infobox are from original sources, not from the show.

## Behind the scenes

In reality, only 3 probes have visited Mercury so far. Between 1974 and 1975, NASA's Mariner 10W probe made 3 flybys, after visiting Venus before. Since this happened after the Point of Divergence of the show, it is not known if the same mission happened in the timeline of *For All Mankind* as well. However, it can be assumed it has, and other than in reality, where Mariner 10 was the last probe of that program, in the show it is still going with Mariner 14 in 1983 and Mariner 27 & 28 in 1992.

## See also

* Solar System
* Venus
* Earth   →   Moon
* Mars
* Jupiter
* Neptune
* Space missions

## External links

* Mercury on Wikipedia
* nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov: Mercury Factsheet *(Archived 2023-12-10)*

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 1: "Every Little Thing"
2. ↑ Season 3, Episode 2: "Game Changer" (Mission status board @ 07:47) → Screenshot
Memorial of Gordo and Tracy Stevens

*This article is not up-to-date and would benefit from updated information.* [ info ]

## General Information

### Location

Entrance of JSC,
Houston, Texas

### In memory of

Tracy Stevens
Gordo Stevens

## Inscription

The **Memorial of Gordo and Tracy Stevens** is a statue of Gordo and Tracy Stevens, installed in front of the main administration building of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, right beside the entrance. The statue was built in honor of the two astronauts who died on the Moon on September 19, 1983, and was unveiled at the end of 1989.

Tracy and Gordo sacrificed their lives in an attempt to turn on the backup coolant systems of the Jamestown base, preventing a nuclear meltdown on the Moon. In absence of regular spacesuits, they had to improvise by wrapping their bodies tight with duct tape to make themselves a rudimentary protection from the almost vacuum of Moon's thin atmosphere. Although they made it back to the base after sucessfully prevent the meltdown, they died in the base's airlock in each others arms due to their too long exposure to the vaccuum and the cosmic radiation on the Moon's surface with not enough protecting gear.

At the unveiling ceremony, which was attended by hundreds of NASA employees, JSC Director Margo Madison called the death of the two astronauts "one of the most heroic acts of sacrifice in American history".

> The future does not belong to the fainthearted, it belongs to the brave.
>
> Inscription of the Memorial

Related
Soon after the unveiling of the statue of the two NASA heroes, the Hollywood blockbuster *"Love in the Skies"*, starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan as Gordo and Tracy, premiered internationally, telling their story in an overdramatized way.
## Gallery

Article about the unveiling of the statueThe sculpture beside the entrance of the JSCThe sculpture beside the entrance of the JSCInscription of the memorial
"Love in the Skies" world premiere
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris" (press review)
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 10: "The Grey"
Leland Davis

**Leland Davis** is an engineer at NASA in 1983, responsible for the astronaut's spacesuits.

## History

Leland and his colleague Coral Hiscoe are working on NASA's spacesuits and make them fit to the individual astronaut.

During the preparations of Gordo Stevens' return to the Moon in 1983 after a 10 years absence, they were testing and fitting his new suit.

## Gallery

Leland & Coral working on Gordo's suitTesting the suit
## Notes

There is also an astronaut with the name "Davis" in Jamestown mission 84, but it is unclear if that is the same person. Another astronaut named "Davis" was on Apollo 16.

## See also

* Coral Hiscoe
* Liz Phang

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 4: "Pathfinder"
Sara Anderson

**Sara Anderson** is a principal set costumer on *For All Mankind*.

## Other work

* *General Hospital*
* *American Horror Story*
* *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice*
* *Live by Night*
* *Transformers: The Last Knight*
* *Ready Player One*
* *Ocean's Eight*
* *Ant-Man and the Wasp*
* *Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn*
Solar sail

The solar sails of Sojourner 1

**Solar sails**, also known as **photon sails** or **light sails**, are a way of propelling a spacecraft through space. A solar sail uses the momentum of the radiation pressure in sunlight and uses it to push a spacecraft forward. A solar sail spacecraft has large reflective sails with a bright, mirror-like surface to capture that momentum.

The first spacecraft to make use of that technology was *Sojourner 1*, NASA's craft for their first crewed mission to Mars in 1994.

## Working principle

Light is made up of particles called photonsW. While photons don't have any mass, they do have momentum as they travel through space. When photons hit a solar sail, they reflect off it. As the photons hit the sail, their momentum is transferred to it, giving it a very small push. As they bounce off the sail, the photons give it another small push. Both pushes are very slight, but in the vacuum of space where there is nothing to slow down the sail, each push changes the sail's speed just a little bid, giving it small but permanent acceleration.

Solar sails can be used for trips away or towards the Sun, very much like a sailboat can sail against the wind using the appropriate technique.

## History

*Main articles: Race to Mars, Sojourner 1 mission, and Operation Jolly Roger*
In the early 90s, the Space Race was still going on, this time with the aim of landing the first humans on Mars. The Race to Mars began in fall 1994, when all three competitors, NASA (US), Roscosmos (USSR), and private American company Helios Aerospace launched their spacecrafts towards the red planet within a 2 weeks launch windowW.

Soon after launch and after completing their initial trans-Mars injection burnW, NASA's *Sojourner 1* deployed its massive solar sails, a development that was kept secret under the code name "Operation Jolly Roger", very much to the surprise and the dismay of the other competitors. Due to the small but constant acceleration through those sails, it would result in beating Helios' *Phoenix* by 8 days, as Bill Strausser calculated at Helios' Mission Control.

## See also

* Operation Jolly Roger
* Race to Mars
* Space Race

## References

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

**Sojourner** could refer to:

* Sojourner 1 (Mission), NASA's 1994 manned mission to Mars.
* Sojourner 1 (Spacecraft), the spacecraft used for this mission.
* Sojourner (Mars rover), the first ever rover NASA sent to Mars in 1975.

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Omar Torrijos

**Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera** was a Soviet-aligned dictator of PanamaW. The commander of the Panamanian National GuardW, Torrijos took power in a coup d'état in 1968. Because of the American refusal to withdraw from the Panama Canal Zone, he aligned Panama with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

## History

In 1983, four American soldiers were taken hostage in Panama City, drawing condemnation from US President Ronald Reagan. The tensions between Panama and the US lead to the deployment of the Soviet fleet off the coast of Panama, which threatened the continental United States with nuclear war. The crisis was eventually defused after the success of the Apollo-Soyuz mission caused Ronald Reagan to land Air Force OneW in Moscow to meet Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov.

## Gallery

Torrijos in the news in episode 2x02Torrijos in the news in episode 2x04
## Appearances

Torrijos was only mentioned in newscasts and seen in archive footage. He stayed uncredited.

Total episodes: 3

## Behind the scenes

Omar Torrijos is one of many characters that *For All Mankind* borrows from the real-world. Unlike figures like Ronald Reagan, though, he is only mentioned and is never seen or heard onscreen.

In real life, Torrijos was known for negotiating the Panama Canal TreatyW with Jimmy Carter in 1977, which saw the US withdraw from the Panama Canal ZoneW. This event does not happen in the fictional timeline of *For All Mankind*. The real Torrijos also died in a plane crash in 1981, so his survival in the show's 1983 is also fictional. However, the hostage situation in Panama City mirrors events that transpired under Torrijos' successor, Manuel NoriegaW, in 1989, which culminated in an American invasion of the country.

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 4: "Pathfinder"
Mason Thames

## External Links

**Mason Thames** (born on July 10, 2007) is an American actor. He portrayed young Danny Stevens (credited as "Daniel Stevens") in the 2nd half of the first season of the Apple TV+ series *For All Mankind*. Starting with season 2, the role of Danny is played by Casey W. Johnson.

Mason started acting at 11 years old, but his love of performing started at an early age while studying ballet. The recurring role in *For All Mankind* was his acting debut.

## See also

* Jason David
* Casey W. Johnson
Sam Cleveland

*"Sam" redirects here. For other uses, see Sam (disambiguation).*

**Sam Cleveland** was an investor and entrepreneur, and the second husband of Tracy Stevens.

## History

### Season 2

*This section is currently incomplete. You can help by expanding it! Click here to add more.* [info]
Before Gordo Stevens left for Jamestown, he paid a visit to Sam's home to inform him that he was aiming to get Tracy back from Sam. Sam responded that Tracy was neither of theirs and belonged only to herself. Gordo had to admit Sam was accurate.

In September 1983, Sam Cleveland bought the Outpost from Karen Baldwin.

### Between season 2 & 3

In the following years, Sam turned the Outpost into an international franchise, with branches in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Tokyo.

During the emerging Space Boom in the mid 80s, he invested in space tourism and founded the world's first space tourism company, Polaris Space Tours, together with partner Karen Baldwin. In March 1986, they unveiled the first privately operated spaceplane, *Polaris 1*, and started to fly paying customers to outer space and back to Earth beginning early 1987.

In the early 90s, their company built the first private space station in Earth's orbit to serve as an orbital hotel, *Polaris*.

### Season 3

On July 17, 1992, Sam and Karen held the soft-opening of their orbital hotel, hosting the wedding of Danny and Amber Stevens. During that event, the space station was struck by debris from an exploded North Korean rocket, causing an uncommanded burn of a rotational thruster, which led to the hotel's rotation to increase and the gravitational forceW with it. While evacuating the hotel, Sam was killed when the elevator malfunctioned while he was transporting guests to the shuttles.

## Gallery

Sam Cleveland's mansionSam Cleveland, 1983Talking with GordoSam at the OutpostKaren sells the OutpostCleveland Capital PartnersCleveland Capital PartnersKaren settles OutpostSam & Karen at *Polaris*, 1992Sam & Karen at Danny's weddingSam inside the crashed elevator
## See also

* The Outpost
* Polaris Space Tours
* Polaris Orbital Hotel
* Polaris hotel disaster
* Tracy Stevens
* Karen Baldwin

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 7: "Don't Be Cruel"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris" (Press review opening)
3. ↑ AppleTV+ Bonus Video: Another Giant Leap: 1984-1992: Global Space Boom (1986)
4. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris"
Rich Waters

**Rich Waters** is a Mars worker for Helios Aerospace.

## History

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Rich arrived on the red planet with the same group of new workers as Miles Dale. The two sat beside each other in the shuttle *Hopper-4* from *Phoenix* station to Happy Valley and spotted the wreck of *Sojourner 1* in distance while descending to the Martian surface.

During the following weeks, they spend some time together during launch and other free time.

Rich was later recruited to be part of the Ghost Ops team.

## Gallery

Rich & Miles inside *Hopper-4*Rich Waters wondering about the meat served at Happy ValleySmuggling parts for Ghost OpsRich & EdRich with Veronica Hunt
## See also

* Miles Dale
* Veronica Hunt
* Ghost Ops

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 2: "Have A Nice Sol"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 8: "Legacy"
Park Chol

**Park Chol** was a North Korean cosmonaut who was sent to Mars through a North Korean probe.

## History

During the Race to Mars, North Korea sent a probe to Mars, which was believed to be unmanned. While Helios, NASA, and Roscosmos were racing to be first, the North Koreans quietly reached the red planet first on February 8, 1995.

At landing, Chol was killed upon impact. He was buried by his surviving crew member Lee Jung-Gil in the Martian desert.

## Behind the Scenes

Jason Her  was originally hired to be the Korean dialect coach for Joel Kinnaman and C.S. Lee, and was only given the role on the recommendation of Lee.

## See also

* Lee Jung-Gil
* North Korea space program

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 4: "Happy Valley"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 10: "Stranger in a Strange Land"
3. ↑   www.instagram.com: Jason Her Instagram, 12 Aug 2022
Sam (disambiguation)

**Sam** may refer to:

* Sam Cleveland, investor & entrepreneur, 2nd husband of Tracy Stevens, and co-founder of Polaris Space Tours.
* Samantha "Sam" Massey, Helios space worker on Mars in 2003.
* Sam, engineer and flight controller at NASA in 1974.

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Patty Doyle

**Patricia "Patty" Doyle** was one of the initially 20 female astronaut candidates in NASA's program to recruit woman astronauts in 1970.

## History

Patty was top of the ASCAN class along with Molly Cobb. Both of them were part of the aborted Mercury 13 project 7 years earlier. Patty and Molly were the only two women out of the Mercury 13 training program that were still flying aircrafts. She was known to be an experienced helicopter pilot. During the ASCAN program, Patty ranked on the 2nd place behind Molly most of the time, except at the field test where she had beaten her by around 20 minutes.

On October 15, 1970, at day 200 of the ASCAN programm, the only 5 remaining candidates had to fly the so called "flying bedstead", a lunar landing training vehicle (LLTV), at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. During her training flight, Patty lost control over the vehicle, crashed with her module and died in the process.

Her death and the following bad press caused President Nixon to pull the plug on the female ASCAN program. Administrator Thomas Paine informed Deke Slayton about the president's decision the day Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam WarW. However, Deke was not ready to give up the program now, after he and the women candidates had spent so many months in testing, learning, and preperation. On October 27, 1970, without informing Paine or Shorty Powers beforehand, he called for a press conference where he introduced the remaining 4 women, Tracy Stevens, Molly Cobb, Ellen Waverly, and Danielle Poole, as America's next Apollo astronauts. Paine, not amused by Deke's move, said to him "you just made Nixon's shitlist".

## Gallery

The Mercury 13, including Patty & MollyPatty as helicopter pilotPatty in ASCAN classPatty & Molly before a flight testPatty after a field testPatty (rightmost) in the remaining group of 5The "flying bedsted" (LLTV)The burning LLTVPatty's death in the News
## Notes

Day 200 of the ASCAN program may be either on Oct. 15 or Oct. 21, depending on what holidays are excluded (national only or also state holidays). Although both would be possible in the time flow of the episode, the former makes a little more sense as it leaves 8 days between Patty's funeral (4 days after her death) and Deke's press conference presenting 4 female astronauts on Oct. 27, instead of only 2.
Date calculations:

	* excluding national holidays
	* excluding also state holidays

## See also

* Molly Cobb
* Megan Shearin
* Barbara Taylor
* Janice
* Women Astronauts Program

## References

1. ↑ On day 200 of the ASCAN program, which started Jan. 6th → Season 1, Episode 3: "Nixon's Women", at 57:40
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 3: "Nixon's Women"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 4: "Prime Crew"
Seth Razack

## Dr. Seth Razack

Dr. **Seth Razack** is an engineer present at the meetings for the planning of the Goldilocks capture mission at the Cobb Space Center.

## History

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## Notes

In episode 4x08, the character didn't have a speaking role and was only seen for a second from distance. In 4x09, he had a short speaking role. However, it is unclear if he belongs to NASA or Helios.
Panama Canal Zone

## Maps

###

* Panama on world map

> We bought it, we paid for it, we built it, and we intend to keep it.
>
> President Ronald Reagan, One Giant Leap: 1975-1982

The **Panama Canal Zone** is an unincorporated territory of the United States surrounding the Panama CanalW.

## History

First established in 1903, the military bases in the Zone help protect American interests in the canal, such as the transit of Sea Dragon rockets from Cape Kennedy to their launch sites near GuamW. American control of the zone was contested by nationalist Panamanians, who viewed the American occupation as illegal.

After his election in 1977, American President Ronald Reagan reversed the conciliatory policies of his predecessor, Ted Kennedy, and signaled his unwillingness to negotiate over the Canal Zone. In response, anti-American riots gripped the country, and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos, aligned Panama with the Soviet Union.

## Gallery

Canal Zone crisis in the newsPanama CanalPanama Canal*Houston Sentinel*, Summer 1980
## Behind the scenes

In real-life, the United States withdrew Panama Canal Zone as a result of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, signed between Torrijos and President Carter. The treaty was signed over the objections of conservatives like Ronald Reagan.

## External links

* Panama Canal Zone on Wikipedia
* Panama Canal on Wikipedia

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bonus Video: One Giant Leap: 1975-1982 - Panama Canal Control (1979)
Ron Klain

Bill Strausser[src]

## Series Information

### Season

Four

**Ronald Alan Klain** is an American political consultant and lobbyist serving for President Al Gore in the early 2000s.

## History

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## Behind the scenes

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

* Al Gore
* Eli Hobson

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 5: "Goldilocks"
Rae Poole

**Rae Poole** is the sister of Clayton Poole, the former husband of Danielle Poole.

## History

Rae resents Danielle's patriotism, and feels that it led to Clayton joining the army and being mistreated due to racism and the under-resourced Veterans AdministrationW.

After Clayton's death, Danielle visited Rae and gave her some mementos from a shoebox. In return, Rae gave Danielle the one medal that Clayton had not thrown away. Rae also told Danielle that she knows the truth about Danielle's broken arm at Jamestown, and that it was intentional to protect Gordo's career, because Clayton had told her.

## Gallery

Rae PooleDanielle Poole visits RaeRae & Danielle
## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 7: "Hi Bob"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 4: "Pathfinder"
Paul O'Hara

**Paul O'Hara** is a visual effects line producer on *For All Mankind*.

## Other work

* *Exodus: Gods and Kings*
* *Terminator Genisys*
* *The Martian*
* *The Jungle Book*
* *The Shallows*
* *Suicide Squad*
* *Passengers*
* *Oasis*
* *Victoria & Abdul*
* *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*
* *The Snowman*
* *Annihilation*
* *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again*
Ray Schumer

**Ray Schumer** was an engineer at NASA in the 70s.

## History

Ray analyzed the images of the lunar orbiter and came to the conclusion that there might be water-ice hidden in the lunar craters. He presented his discovery to the JSC team and was later in Mission Control when Molly Cobb from Apollo 15 indeed found ice in the Shackleton Crater.

## Gallery

Ray presenting his discovery of potential iceRay Schumer in Mission ControlRay Schumer in Mission Control

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 3: "Nixon's Women"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 5: "Into the Abyss"
Skylab

Shuttle Kon-Tiki docked to Skylab

**Skylab** was NASA's first space station in Earth's orbit.

## History

Skylab was launched sometime between 1974 and 1980, and crews were initially launched to it in Apollo spacecrafts before the Space Shuttle took over in the early 80s. The space station was equipped with the Apollo Telescope Mount used for solar observations.

### Solar flare event

*Main article: Solar flare event 1983*
On 21 May 1983, Irish ESA astronaut Doreen Campbell detected a massive coronal mass ejectionW with the station's solar telescope that threatened both satellite's and astronaut's lives around Earth and on the Moon. If not for this quick detection, all NASA astronauts on the Moon at the time would have received lethal doses of deadly solar radiation.

During the event, the Space Shuttle *Kon-Tiki* was docked to the station.

## Galleries

Space Shuttle Kon-Tiki docked to SkylabInside SkylabSkylab seen from Mission ControlESA astronaut Campbell on SkylabUsing Skylab's Solar telescopeSkylab Solar observationCoronal mass ejection seen through Skylab's Solar telecope
### Patches

Skylab 12 Mission PatchSkylab 19 Mission Patch
## See also

* Solar flare event 1983
* MoonLab
* Thomas Paine Space Telescope
* *Mir*

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 1: "Every Little Thing"
Seth Gordon

## External Links

**Seth Gordon** is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor. He was the director and an executive producer for episodes 1 and 2 of season 1 of *For All Mankind*.

## Other work

* Parks and Recreation
* Community
* Modern Family
* Breaking In
* Identity Thief
* The Goldbergs
* Sneaky Pete
* Baywatch
* Atypical
* The Good Doctor
Park Chui Moo

**Park Chui Moo** was a North Korean ujunaut aboard the *Ranger* spacecraft and part of the Ranger 2 mission to capture the asteroid 2003LC, Goldilocks.

## History

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

## Notes

In the episodes 4x08 and 4x09, the character was only ever seen from far away or from the back and did not have a speaking role.

## See also

* Ravi Vaswani
* Nina Rozhenkova
* Palmer James
* Maximus Taylor
* Samantha Massey
Polaris shuttle

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

## General Information

### Operator

Helios Aerospace
Polaris Space Tours (former)

## History

### First used

Early 1987

**Polaris shuttles** are privately operated passenger spaceplanes introduced by the world's first space tourism company, Polaris Space Tours, in 1986, and first used in 1987.

## History

During the global Space Boom, entrepreneur Sam Cleveland, together with Karen Baldwin, founded Polaris Space Tours, a company aiming to establish a new industry, space tourism. In 1986, they unveiled their first own passenger shuttle called *Polaris 1*. At the beginning of 1987, the company started to bring paying customers to low Earth orbit and back to Earth.

In 1992, the company operated at least 2 shuttles, which were used to carry guests to and from their own space station in Earth's orbit, world's first orbital hotel, *Polaris*.

After the disastrous accident on the Polaris station during its soft opening in July 1992, the company lost its credibility and was put into liquidation. Both the station and the shuttles were bought by Helios Aerospace, which planned to use the station as part of their planned spacecraft *Phoenix*. During the following 2 years, the shuttles were used to carry workers for the construction of the spacecraft into orbit and back home.

## Gallery

Polaris Shuttle closeupPolaris Shuttle closeup
Unveiling of *Polaris 1* in 1986Shuttle approaching to dock2 shuttles docked to Polaris station1 shuttle docked during contruction of *Phoenix*Polaris shuttle front view
(concept art)Polaris shuttle back view
(concept art)
## Behind the scenes

The design of the Polaris shuttles is vastly different to NASA's Space Shuttles or the Soviet's Buran and it is unknown if they are even based upon older known shuttle designs. It's also unknown, how these shuttles launch from Earth.

## See also

* Polaris Space Tours
* Polaris Orbital Hotel
* Helios Aerospace

## 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"
4. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 3: "All In"
Peter Strauss

**Peter Strauss** is a KGBW agent in the 90s.

## History

At the 43rd International Astronautical Congress in London 1992, Margo Madison took Sergei Nikulov to her room after the hotel bar closed. Sergei begged her for giving him NASA's engine designs as he would be under enormous pressure by his superiors. When Margo denied because these could be of military use, Sergei apologized, then someone knocked at the door. Peter Strauss, together with another agent, entered her room. He showed Margo photos of her with Sergei and of them using public telephone boxes to talk to each other. When Margo still refused, the other agent began to strangle Sergei.

Strauss gave Margo a phone number and a days to think about it.
Robert Money

**Robert Money** is an American politician. He was an US Senator in 1980 and the Democratic nominee for President in the 1980 election, were he lost to Ronald Reagan in a narrow margin of victory.

## Notes

* He is only mentioned in the season 2 news reel opening of Every Little Thing by a reporter: "*In a surprisingly close race, President Reagan appears to have won a second term by defeating Senator Robert Money.*"
* It is unknown where the name Robert Money comes from as he is not a real politician.

## See also

* 1980 United States presidential election

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 1: "Every Little Thing" (opening press review @ 1:55)
Sally Ride

**Sally Kristen Ride** is a NASA physicist who served on the maiden flight of *Pathfinder*.

## History

### Season 2

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After being selected for *Pathfinder'*s maiden flight, Sally and Gary Piscotty were introduced to the next generation Space Shuttle. There, Ed Baldwin told the two would need to train hard to ensure there would be no screw ups with the world watching them.

## Behind the scenes

In the real world, Sally RideW was the first American woman to fly in space in 1983. She was the third woman in space, after the Soviet cosmonauts Valentina TereshkovaW in 1963 and Svetlana SavitskayaW in 1982.

## See also

* Edward Baldwin
* Gary Piscotty
* *Pathfinder* (Shuttle)

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2, Episode 4: "Pathfinder"
Outer space pirate radio

DJ Kelly Baldwin of the "outer space pirate radio"

**Outer space pirate radio** was a radio station initiated by Kelly Baldwin for fun aboard the spacecraft *Sojourner 1* at the beginning of the Race to Mars, serving tunes to the three ships involved.

> Good morning outer space.
> You're listening to the first and only pirate radio station exclusively serving the inner Solar System.
> If you're listening out there, I'm your DJ, Kelly Baldwin, hope you're enjoying the tunes.
>
> Kelly Baldwin,
> in Season 3, Episode 4, "Happy Valley"

## History

During their voyage to Mars in fall 1994, Kelly Baldwin aboard the NASA spaceship *Sojourner* started to broadcast what she called "the first and only pirate radio station serving the inner Solar System". Equipped with her iPod and headset, she sent out her music tracks to the other two ships, accompanied by occasional weather reports covering the temperatures on Earth, the Moon, Venus, and Valles Marineris on Mars. She also accepted song requests on her private radio frequency, 6.8 megahertz.

One day, she received a message over her radio from someone on the Soviet ship *Mars-94*, expressing his fear that his crew is about to do something very dangerous. Soon after, it was discovered that the Soviet spacecraft was firing up its engines, pushing them over their limits, to stay in the race after *Sojourner* had deployed its solar sails earlier, leaving *Mars-94* behind them at the last position. This led to the engines malfunctioning and finally to a rescue mission performed by *Sojourner*. The cosmonaut contacting Kelly on her pirate radio frequency was later revealed to have been Alexei Poletov.

## Gallery

DJ Kelly Baldwin at the window of *Sojourner*DJ Baldwin broadcasting tunes from her iPodKelly receives a radio message from *Mars-94*
## See also

* Operation Jolly Roger
* Race to Mars
* Rescue of Mars-94

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 4: "Happy Valley"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 5: "Seven Minutes of Terror"
Saturn V

Saturn V of Apollo 11 at Cape Kennedy

The **Saturn V** is a NASA's super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed by Wernher von Braun for lunar exploration, and is the American counterpart to the Soviet N1.

## History

On July 16, 1969, a Saturn V launched the crew of Apollo 11 from Cape Kennedy on the first landing attempt of the United States.

On August 24, 1974, a Saturn V exploded on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during the final countdown for Apollo 23. Twelve ground crew were killed, including Gene Kranz. The crew of Apollo 23, commanded by Michael Collins, were severely injured when their spacecraft parachuted onto the beach instead of the ocean following the pad abort. The explosion was caused by a second stage LH2 valve that was not manufactured to the correct standards.

In the early 1980s, the Saturn V was replaced by the Space Shuttles for crew transport, and by the Sea Dragon for cargo.

## Gallery

Saturn V / Apollo 11Apollo 11 launchesApollo 12 from Mission ControlSaturn V / Apollo 12Saturn V / Apollo 12Saturn V / Apollo 15Saturn V / Apollo 15Saturn V / Apollo 15Saturn V / Apollo 23Apollo 24 S-IVB in orbitSize comparison
## Behind the scenes

In the TV show, many if not most Saturn V launch from Cape Kennedy. In reality, no Saturn V has ever launched from the Cape. Its capacity did not suit the size of the big rocket and was the reason, the Kennedy Space Center was built.

Real life images
S-IC engines with Wernher von BraunThe first uncrewed Saturn V for Apollo 4The launch of the first Saturn V on Nov. 9, 1967Saturn V at Johnson Space CenterSaturn rocket family:
Stages & engines
## See also

* Launch vehicle
* Saturn IB
* Sea Dragon
* Titan III

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Moon"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 6: "Home Again" (01:03)
Pierre Bonnette

**Pierre Bonnette** is a visual effects artist on *For All Mankind*.

## Other work

* *300*
* *Journey to the Center of the Earth*
* *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*
* *Resident Evil: Afterlife*
* *Battle Los Angeles*
* *Priest*
* *Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia*
* *Silent Hill: Revelation*
* *The Lone Ranger*
* *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*
* *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*
* *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*
* *Pixels*
* *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows*
* *Independence Day: Resurgence*
* *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*
* *Kong: Skull Island*
* *Ready Player One*
* *Pacific Rim: Uprising*
* *Ant-Man and the Wasp*
* *Welcome to Marwen*
Rogers Commission Report

The **Rogers Commission Report** was written by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Battle of Jamestown and what led to the it's nuclear core to go into meltdown in fall 1983.

## Behind the scenes

In the real world, the Rogers Commission Report was charged with the investigation of the Space Shuttle *Challenger* disasterW from 1986.

## See also

* Jamestown crisis
* Battle of Jamestown Base
* Cold War

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2 (Episodes 9+10)
2. ↑ Bonus Video: Another Giant Leap: 1984-1992 - The Rogers Report (1984)
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris" (Press review opening)
Richard Truly

**Richard Harrison Truly** is the administrator of NASA as of 1992.

## History

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## Gallery

NASA Administrator Richard TrulyAdministrator Richard Truly with General Jeanette Masters
## Behind the scenes

In the real world, Truly is a former naval aviator, test pilot and astronaut. He was the administrator of NASA from May 1989 to May 1992 under president George H. W. BushW, and the first astronaut in that position.

## See also

* NASA administrator
* Thomas Paine
* Harold Weisner
* Ellen Wilson
* NASA

## External links

* Richard Truly on Wikipedia
* Administrator of NASA on Wikipedia

## References

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

**Richard Schultz Schweiker** was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving two terms with his president Ronald Reagan.

## History

Schweiker was the Republican nominee for the 1984 presidential eclection but lost to his former colleague Gary Hart.

## Behind the scenes

In OTL, Richard Schweiker was Reagan's running mate for the 1976 Republican National Convention. He was picked by Reagan to draw moderates to Reagan's side. He was his running mate for 10 days until Reagan narrowly lost the nomination to the incumbent President Gerald Ford.

George H. W. BushW served as Reagan's vice president from 1981-1989.

## See also

* List of vice presidents of the United States
* Al Gore
* James Bragg

## References

1. ↑   Richard Schweiker on Wikipedia
2. ↑   theringer.com: How *For All Mankind* Makes the Most of Its Alternate History
Poletov (disambiguation)

**Poletov** may refer to:

* Alexei Poletov, Soviet cosmonaut and boyfriend of Kelly Baldwin, who died on Mars in 1995.
* Alexei "Alex" Poletov, the son of Alexei and Kelly.
* Olga Poletova, the mother of Alexei.

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Saturn IB

Saturn IB of Apollo 75

## Diagram

S-IB first stage of the Saturn IB

The **Saturn IB** (pronounced *Saturn one b*) was a launch vehicle used by NASA for orbital flights during the Apollo missions.

## History

The vehicle used the same S-IVB stage for its second stage that the Saturn V used for its third stage, with a few modifications. The first stage was the S-IB and was constructed with clustered tanks built from the tooling used to construct the RedstoneW and JunoW rockets. It had a cluster of 8 Rocketdyne H-1W engines on the first stage and a single Rocketdyne J-2W engine on the second stage.

To launch the Saturn IB from the same launch pad as the much larger Saturn V, an elevated platform known as the "milkstool" was used for later flights to accommodate the height differential between two rockets.

The Saturn IB was used for early uncrewed and crewed test flights and for Apollo 25, a mission initially planned to repair an astronomical satellite that was repurposed to deliver a new Saturn V FCC and repair the S-IVB of Apollo 24 in Earth's orbit.. It would have been used for orbital Skylab missions before that program was converted to Jamestown. The last remaining Saturn IB was used for Apollo 75, the Apollo-Soyuz mission commanded by Danielle Poole mid September 1983.

## Gallery

Saturn IB of Apollo 75 on launch padLaunch of a Saturn IB (Apollo 75), 1983Apollo 25 CSM and Apollo 24 S-IVB in orbit, 1974
Real-life images
Saturn IB on launchpad with "milkstool" (Skylab 2, 1973)Saturn IB on launchpad with "milkstool" (Apollo-Soyuz, 1975)Saturn rocket family:
Stages & engines
## See also

* Launch vehicle
* Saturn V
* Sea Dragon
* Titan III

## References

1. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 1, Episode 9: "Bent Bird"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 2 (Episodes 9 + 10)