Here’s a summary of all the news reports from the For All Mankind page in Apple TV.
1975 - Unmanned Hermes lands on Mars using airbags. Deploys rover Sojourner. First man made object to land on Mars, beating Soviets. Several previous missions failed including US Viking and Soviet Mars landers.
1976 - Reagan defeats Kennedy after a 5-4 Supreme Court decision states all partially marked ballots in Ohio must be counted. Reagan wins Ohio by 713 votes giving him the needed Electoral College votes to win.
1977 - Sea Dragon launches. Cargo rocket carries over 1 million pounds of building supplies, equipment, and fuel for Jamestown expansion and mining operations. Sea Dragon almost entirely reusable. Reagan campaigned in part on continued growth of space program. He wants to expand use of Sea Dragon in the future, both on the Moon and beyond.
1978 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind wins all 12 Oscars it was nominated for, including Best Picture. Richard Dreyfus wins for Close Encounters and was also nominated for The Goodbye Girl. Star Wars wins two Oscars. Diane Keaton wins Best Actress for Annie Hall, its only win.
1979 - US keeps Panama Canal. “We bought it. We paid for it. We built it and we intend to keep it.” Panama increasingly under Soviet influence, demands ownership of the Canal, and sees anti-American riots. Reagan reversed Kennedy’s more conciliatory position on the Canal. Canal is key transportation route for Sea Dragon which travels from Cape Kennedy to its launch site near Guam.
1980 - John Lennon shot twice, but survives assassination attempt. Lennon was leaving recording studio with fellow musician Burley Day after working on anti-war song. Day tackled Mark David Chapman and got gun out of Chapman’s hand.
1981 - Military Space Shuttle launches. This is not the first Shuttle launch, but is the first launch intended solely for military use. Shuttle launches from Vandenberg and flies over troubled Middle East region after failure of Camp David talks between Israel and Egypt. News report specifically mentions Shuttle has ability to attack targets with little to no warning. Soviet Union claims to be months away from launching its own shuttle.
1982 - Berlin Crisis. Couple scales Berlin Wall to escape East Germany. East German and Soviet border guards pursued them into West Berlin in a tank and killed the couple. Tank challenged by heavily armored US and West German troops. Small arms fire exchanged. Tense stand-off lasts until morning. Reports of Soviet reinforcements cause US to go to DEFCON 4.
EDIT: Here are additional news reports from the Apple app for the show. It has Danny Stevens, son of astronauts Gordo and Tracy looking at momentos, one of which is a VHS tape. The app takes place in Summer 1980.
On February 3, 1980 US rescues hostages from embassy in Iran. US uses 8 Sea Stallion helicopters, but when they got to the staging area, 2 broke down with mechanical problems and the remaining 6 continued the mission after avoiding a sandstorm. 6 hostages and 3 Delta Force soldiers killed in operation. Estimated that dozens of Iranians were also killed.
Mission Commander Tracy Stevens launches on maiden voyage of Shuttle Atlantis. Brings crew replacement for Skylab. This is Stevens’ third trip to Skylab.
Congress passes law allowing NASA to keep money it gets from patents on technologies it develops. Previously the money went back to federal government. This is to allow NASA to reduce its burden to the American taxpayer.
1975 - Unmanned Hermes lands on Mars using airbags. Deploys rover Sojourner. First man made object to land on Mars, beating Soviets. Several previous missions failed including US Viking and Soviet Mars landers.
1976 - Reagan defeats Kennedy after a 5-4 Supreme Court decision states all partially marked ballots in Ohio must be counted. Reagan wins Ohio by 713 votes giving him the needed Electoral College votes to win.
1977 - Sea Dragon launches. Cargo rocket carries over 1 million pounds of building supplies, equipment, and fuel for Jamestown expansion and mining operations. Sea Dragon almost entirely reusable. Reagan campaigned in part on continued growth of space program. He wants to expand use of Sea Dragon in the future, both on the Moon and beyond.
1978 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind wins all 12 Oscars it was nominated for, including Best Picture. Richard Dreyfus wins for Close Encounters and was also nominated for The Goodbye Girl. Star Wars wins two Oscars. Diane Keaton wins Best Actress for Annie Hall, its only win.
1979 - US keeps Panama Canal. “We bought it. We paid for it. We built it and we intend to keep it.” Panama increasingly under Soviet influence, demands ownership of the Canal, and sees anti-American riots. Reagan reversed Kennedy’s more conciliatory position on the Canal. Canal is key transportation route for Sea Dragon which travels from Cape Kennedy to its launch site near Guam.
1980 - John Lennon shot twice, but survives assassination attempt. Lennon was leaving recording studio with fellow musician Burley Day after working on anti-war song. Day tackled Mark David Chapman and got gun out of Chapman’s hand.
1981 - Military Space Shuttle launches. This is not the first Shuttle launch, but is the first launch intended solely for military use. Shuttle launches from Vandenberg and flies over troubled Middle East region after failure of Camp David talks between Israel and Egypt. News report specifically mentions Shuttle has ability to attack targets with little to no warning. Soviet Union claims to be months away from launching its own shuttle.
1982 - Berlin Crisis. Couple scales Berlin Wall to escape East Germany. East German and Soviet border guards pursued them into West Berlin in a tank and killed the couple. Tank challenged by heavily armored US and West German troops. Small arms fire exchanged. Tense stand-off lasts until morning. Reports of Soviet reinforcements cause US to go to DEFCON 4.
EDIT: Here are additional news reports from the Apple app for the show. It has Danny Stevens, son of astronauts Gordo and Tracy looking at momentos, one of which is a VHS tape. The app takes place in Summer 1980.
On February 3, 1980 US rescues hostages from embassy in Iran. US uses 8 Sea Stallion helicopters, but when they got to the staging area, 2 broke down with mechanical problems and the remaining 6 continued the mission after avoiding a sandstorm. 6 hostages and 3 Delta Force soldiers killed in operation. Estimated that dozens of Iranians were also killed.
Mission Commander Tracy Stevens launches on maiden voyage of Shuttle Atlantis. Brings crew replacement for Skylab. This is Stevens’ third trip to Skylab.
Congress passes law allowing NASA to keep money it gets from patents on technologies it develops. Previously the money went back to federal government. This is to allow NASA to reduce its burden to the American taxpayer.
Last edited:
