'The Next Giant Leap' reveals more about 'For All Mankind' Season 5

Apple TV offers a companion series called The Next Giant Leap that runs alongside For All Mankind. The short episodes present fictional news broadcasts that bridge the gap between Season 4’s 2003 endpoint and Season 5’s 2012 setting, with one update for each year in between; the series can be found on the same Apple TV page as the show.

The updates outline several political shifts: James "Jim" Bragg is back in the presidency, North Korea is expelled from the Mars-7 alliance—making it the Mars-6 alliance—and is said to be building an independent base on Mars. Paul Bremer is portrayed as governor of Mars, installing a Peacekeepers force, and Palmer James moves from Happy Valley’s executive officer to a sheriff role.

Worldbuilding details cover infrastructure and competition. Some nations form the Independent Spacefaring Nations as others fall behind, Kuragin wins the contract to build a space elevator in 2008, the first school opens in Happy Valley in 2009, and the Pathfinder-class shuttles are retired in 2010.

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