For all humanity Season 5 might be coming to an end, but the new spin-off show, star cityIt’s just beginning. star city premieres with two episodes on Apple TV on May 29 at 12 a.m. PT/3 a.m. ET.
For all humanity presents an alternate history of the space race, one in which the Soviet Union reached the moon first. For all humanity It is told from the American point of view. In star citythe script changes, as the story explores what happened from the perspective of the Soviets.
Star City tells the Soviet Union’s side in the space race
let’s go to the moon
In the current season of For all humanityMuch of the action takes place on Mars, where about 5,000 humans now live during the 2010s. The Apple TV show begins in 1969, when a Soviet cosmonaut becomes the first man on the moon, causing NASA to push for an American to accomplish the same feat. The first season covers the late 1960s and 1970s.
star city returns to the late 1960s to continue the alternative narrative of the space race. However, the show puts the Soviets at the center of the action. He spin-off trailer suggests a paranoid thriller rather than a traditional science fiction show. According to Apple’s logline, star city shows “the lives of the cosmonauts, engineers and intelligence officers integrated with each other in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.”
Rhys Ifans Headlines star city as chief designer, a key figure behind the success of the Soviet space program. Many fans of Dragon House You’ll recognize Ifans, who played Otto Hightower.
star city The ensemble includes Anna Maxwell Martin as Lyudmilla Raskova, Agnes O’Casey as Irina Morozova, Alice Englert as Anastasia Belikova, Solly McLeod as Sasha Polivanov, Adam Nagaitis as Valya Markelov, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Tanya Markelova, Josef Davies as Sergei Nikulov and Priya Kansara as Lakshmi.
star city is created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, the same trio behind For all humanity.
talking about For all humanityThe season 5 finale airs May 29. Apple has already renewed the long running show for a sixth and final season. It is unknown if star city will return for a second season.
new episodes of star city will be released every Friday until July 10.
star city
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May 29, 2026
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Apple TV
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Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert
