Star City: Season 1

Season overview

Star City is an American science fiction drama television series created by Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, and Matt Wolpert for Apple TV. The show serves as a spin-off of the series For All Mankind and explores an alternate history of the global space race from the perspective of the Soviet Union. The title of the series is derived from the location of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

The narrative follows the lives of Soviet cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers as they participate in an ambitious space program with the goal of being the first to reach the moon. The series examines the challenges faced by those working behind the Iron Curtain, where the environment on the ground is presented as being as dangerous as the conditions in space. The production is categorized under the genres of drama, science fiction, fantasy, and war and politics. The series, which began in 2026, features a cast including Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O'Casey, and Alice Englert. It offers a distinct viewpoint on the space race, focusing on the risks taken by individuals operating within the Soviet space program during this era of history.