For All Mankind dives into an alternate reality where Soviet Union lands on moon first. Shocking, right? It shows how this twist messes with space race and lives of people involved. Focus is on NASA astronauts, engineers and their families. The show tackles ambition, perseverance and chasing the unknown. Because who does not want to explore space?

Meet the characters from For All Mankind

Edward Baldwin

Ed is the kind of gruff, no-nonsense commander who makes you feel safer and slightly nervous at the same time — like a giant dad who used to be a drill sergeant and still sort of is. He’s stubborn, principled, and fiercely loyal to his crew and family, but also prone to these quiet, regretful pauses that make him more complicated than the “tough guy” label. He’ll bark orders and then disappear to play some terrible old jazz record alone (don’t ask why he likes it — he probably won it at a bar). Honestly, he’s contradictory in the best way: all bark, sometimes softer than he’d ever admit.

Gordo Stevens

Gordo is the thoughtful, kind-of-absent-minded astronaut who’s deep in his feelings but hides it with deadpan humor — philosophical almost, like he’s pondering the moon when you ask him about breakfast. He’s brave in a low-key way, fiercely loyal to friends, and has this whole “I’ll fix it” energy that makes people rely on him (then he shows up late with coffee and an apology). He can be both charmingly gentle and stubbornly private, and yes, he probably has some ridiculous hobby like woodworking or terrible poetry — I could be making that up but also not. He’s the heart that quietly keeps the team from falling apart, even if he refuses to talk about it.

Tracy Stevens

Tracy is intense and fiery, the sort of person who walks into a room and rearranges the air — confident, competitive, and weirdly warm underneath all that bravado. She’s a brilliant pilot and a force in her relationships, fiercely protective of the people she loves and unafraid to say what others only think. Also, she has a soft spot for ridiculous sweaters and probably cries at commercials sometimes, which is cute because she pretends she’s invincible. She’s complicated, a little stubborn, and absolutely one of those characters you’d want on your side in a crisis.

Karen Baldwin

Karen is savage in a charming, practical way — the family backbone who gets things done and says exactly what she means, often with a dry joke thrown in. She’s no-nonsense, endlessly resourceful, and somehow both emotionally steady and delightfully petty on occasion (like, she’ll keep score and then donate the scoreboard). She collects smart little skills (baking? fixing engines? both?) and will stare you down if you underestimate her — which you will, and then you’ll apologize. She’s the kind of person who can run a household, a campaign, and probably a lunar base if forced to — maybe while knitting.

Ellen Wilson

Ellen is quietly brilliant and razor-focused, the sort of engineer/astronaut hybrid who thinks three moves ahead and gets oddly sentimental about schematics. She’s meticulous, principled, and has this calm intensity where you know she’s thinking about long-term consequences even while sipping a shockingly sweet coffee (don’t tell). She can be both icy and deeply loyal, and sometimes she does these tiny acts of kindness that surprise everyone — like leaving a hand-drawn map on someone’s desk, which is simultaneously practical and bizarre. There’s an inner warmth that leaks out when you least expect it, and that’s the best part.

Margo Madison

Margo is the cerebral, take-no-prisoners engineer/administrator who loves data, order, and winning bureaucracy like it’s a sport — she’ll fight you with memos and won’t apologize for it. She’s ambitious, brilliant, and secretly sentimental about old mission patches (and she’ll have an entire drawer of them, yes really). She’s also hilariously bad at small talk and secretly judges your spreadsheets, but she’s the one who can make impossible things happen because she will outwork you and out-plan you. She’s equal parts steel and soft spot, which makes her kind of dangerous in the best way.

Danielle Poole

Danielle is cool, composed, and quietly fierce — an engineer and astronaut who handles pressure like it’s just another Tuesday, with a very calm stare and a controlled sigh. She’s principled and sometimes blunt (in a good, effective way), but there’s a tenderness and dry humor under the surface that pops up at the weirdest times. She files everything meticulously, yet will doodle elaborate little comics when she’s pretending not to think about anything — messy, adorable contradiction. She’s steady, smart, and somehow both private and loyal to the point of being unexpectedly soft when it matters.

Molly Cobb

Molly is the original rebel astronaut energy — scrappy, defiant, equal parts punk and professional, and absolutely not here for anyone’s nonsense. She fights sexism like it’s a sport and looks effortlessly cool doing it (hair slightly messy, cigarette possibly in hand, maybe she’s moved on to herbal tea, who knows). She has this fierce independence but also these surprisingly tender moments where she’s painfully honest about fear and hope, which makes her magnetic. She’s scrappy, brave, and kind of chaotic in the best possible way — you want her on every mission.

Bill Strausser

Bill is the suited, slightly weary administrator who has seen a hundred memos and still manages to care in a practical, sometimes exhausted way. He’s political and pragmatic (and also inexplicably sentimental about old NASA knickknacks), willing to play the long game and occasionally make compromises that make you groan. He tries to balance idealism and reality, often failing charmingly, and has this dad-joke energy that surfaces at the worst moments. He’s the kind of bureaucrat who will quietly tilt the outcome in the right direction while pretending it was all procedure.