Published May 9, 2026, 9:31 AM EDT Don't expect another decade-hopping saga Apple's sci-fi spinoff Star City will diverge from For All Mankind in one key way Image: Apple TV Sign in to your Polygon.com account Apple TV’s alt-history series For All Mankind begins in 1969 with Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov landing on the Moon, beating the Americans in the Space Race. Every season since has jumped forward 10 years to show the ripples of that change throughout history. Season 5, which is currently airing, is set in a version of 2012 when thousands of people live on Mars. Now, For All Mankind ’s creators are going back to the beginning of their story in Star City , a spinoff focused on the Soviet space program. But this time, they’re in no rush to push the timeline forward. “Our intention is not to jump a decade each season with this show, but to keep telling a propulsive story set in the '70s,” co-creator and co-showrunner Matt Wolpert tells Polygon.…