Well I think episode one was the story of how they come to realise they need younger blood in their roster. Angered, Ed breaks his phone, and apologizes to Karen, who told him not to worry about it. Actor(s) Haziran 8, 2022 . Molly was in place for descent, and started going down, now out of Eds sight and inside the crater. Ed told NASA this, and was told that Gordo and Danielle had been approved to go back home, and his new return date was another two weeks from then. Ed tells her that the pilots just were not ready, but she tells him that that was not good enough. Ed radios 24 and tells them that Houston was working on a fix, but Deke says that there would be no time for him to dock. Sedge, Ed, and Molly got ready for takeoff, putting on their spacesuits. A flight assignment board, seen here behind astronaut Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) in the chief astronaut's office includes the portraits of a number of real-life NASA astronauts, from the second season of "For All Mankind," the alternate space history series. Male The Soviet entered the base and put his suit down, showing Ed he had no weapons as well. Gordo told Ed that his father was a very tough man, and had never backed away from anything until he got cancer, which scared him. Ed is joined by Danielle and Gordo; and they all drink their shots. As he drove, he saw a fire at NASA and drove back only to see firefighters swarming the area. Ed defended Gordo, but Thomas counters that everybody knew he had a drinking problem. Karen tells him to take it back, and pushes him, while saying that she did not know what had gotten into him. In the year 1969, the Soviet Union shocks the world by putting the first man on the moon and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov has the distinction of completing the daunting task. [note 1] Deke tells him von Braun wants him reassigned to the Apollo Applications Program effective immediately, telling him he was to blame for being taken off Apollo 15, even mentioning that von Braun wanted him off the project completely. When asked what he would have said, he mentions "I'm Gordo Stevens and I come in peace. At NASA astronauts tell Margo that they had not noticed any abnormalities at the time. Karen says that it was good for Kelly to know what it was like when situations like this happened. After that, Ed asked to have more under his control, which an engineer said was too late to be doing. Ed soon asked her how Shane's game had gone and she told him that it had been good, but when Ed started asking more questions, she started having a hard time answering. He thanked his supervisor, and sent Gordo and Danielle on their way. Weisner argues against it, but Margo tells him to shut up or fuck off. She hangs up and Gordo gets up and heads to NASA. After some time, Ed goes to DC with Karen. Margo agrees, but Bradford is not very sure until Thomas tells him that the Russians cannot stay there forever, while Ellen tells them that they could have three teams monitoring the site at all times. Weisner mentions that they have also talked about subterranean did not mean anything, but Ed mentioned that they had been more aggressive lately, moving across the rim. Thomas was angered by how they were always losing to the Soviets, and reminded them the election was coming up, which would probably be against Ted Kennedy. Left to right: Glenn, Schirra, Cooper and Carpenter. They suddenly heard Ed radio to them and Ellen responded, saying they were there to rescue him. Ed decided to trust Mikhail and accepted his help in order to save Ellen and Deke. He was a pilot in the Korean War, so he was probably born around 1925 or possibly a few years later. Margo told everyone what to do and told them that if they did not play their cards correctly, Deke and Ellen might be lost in space. Newsweek reporter Paul Santoro walks into Outpost, and asks the astronauts what they thought about the event, but nobody wants to comment about it. Ed argues he has been doing nothing but desk work since the article, but Uken tells him he is also one of the best aviators and the navy would be lucky to get him back, since they were close to winning VietnamW. Danielle screams in pain, saying that she tried to change the battery, and it appeared she had busted her arm. Although once a traditionalist, believing a woman's job was only to take care of the family, Karen eventually came into her own as an entrepreneur. Family Gemini 7WApollo 10Apollo 15Apollo 22PathfinderPhoenix Baldwin was Commander of Apollo 10 which was intended as a test run for Apollo 11, being 8-miles away from the Moon. Ed tells Gordo to stand down, but the latter challenges him, so Ed throws him against the base. Mission Control told them that it was up to them, and they eventually decided to go for it. The space race that inspired the happenings of the show is well known to all of us by now. They reached the end of the line, but Molly was only able to find basalt. Shorty Powers, NASA's public affairs officer, asked for one with Molly alone, and tried to get her hair fixed, much to her annoyance. Later, the three astronauts discover a frequency which they find strange and cannot figure out. When he goes to congratulate him, Gordo tells him that he would not head back up and reminds him that he knew it. Ed asks him what he had been doing, constantly calling him "Ivan", but this one told him that he could not tell him and should be let go since his compatriots would be looking for him. Therefore, viewers need not worry about Kinnaman exiting the series just yet. Thomas asks him to work with him since they needed to send a message to the Soviets since they were already testing their own shuttle. And that's why we lost the Moon. Here is everything you need to know in that regard! While Kelly talks about what she sees, Karen does not pay attention and tells her to get everything ready for when Ed got home. Margo laughed, but Thomas told Ed to prep the crew. Ed is poured three shots by Danny Stevens at Outpost. They are told that Pathfinder's missiles were primarily for self-defense, which makes Sally question if they would be used for offensive purposes, but Margo tells them that that is not the mission plan. He tells her to lock weapons system on their target, but Sally says that there must be another way. She says that when she first met him, she never expected to see him happy behind a desk, and he agrees. Uken asks Ed when he is going back up, and Ed mentions it is unclear, so he had thought of rejoining the navy. Danny is having dinner with Karen and Kelly. Poppy Northcutt, the first woman to work in a technical capacity in the Apollo Mission program, is also referred to in the series. Molly mentioned they were celebrating for nothing, since she had not done anything yet, but Ed countered by saying that she had strapped herself on top of a quarter million tons of high explosive for government pay, which was something. Ed got home and walked in, seeing Karen and their adopted daughter Kelly happy. As of 1983, Ed has been promoted to the rank of Admiral in the US Navy and is Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA for over 8 years. When they were inside, the public was told, and Karen hugged Wayne, who was relieved they were fine. Coop told him that the relief tube in spacesuits was made for man parts, which Molly would not be able to use lest she made a mess of herself. "[Edward is] kind of what you think of when you think of an astronaut from that era. Edward "Ed" Baldwin is one of NASA's top astronauts. When Ed asked if he had to make a wish, Margo told him that it had already been granted since he would be commanding Pathfinder. In . Ed and his crew are provided a ground-breaking opportunity when Roscosmos proposes a joint mission to extract water they have discovered under the planets surface. Ed mentions that Gordo had changed a lot in 9 years and Danielle says that he had gone to therapy. For All Mankind Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. He told Ed he can get drunk with Gordo, and watch it on TV or go on Apollo 15. He greets Danielle, who tells him to hook up to the biosensors and to fix the aux tank coupling. It could have been meant to be "June 29" instead of July, however that would be a Sunday. Karen mentions that one of the colleges had a great theater program, but Ed tells her that engineering, physics, computer science or any of those careers, which were "the future." Soi cu x s uy tn. Instead, he functions as a nebulous stand-in for all the astronauts in that time period. Everybody likes the idea of that, and Thomas asks Ed to choose a crew. He mentions that they needed to test the ship, and reminds them that he had chosen them since they were the best. Joel Kinnaman as Edward Baldwin: An astronaut who seeks redemption after making drunken and disparaging comments about NASA. Ed told Molly to always keep both hands on the rope in case anything happened, but Molly mentioned she weighed half as much as he did, and asked him to trust her. Danielle asked what would become of Gordo, and Ed told her that he would be sent to the shrinks, but it was clear that his career was over and would never be allowed to fly anything ever again. No, Ed Baldwin was not a real astronaut. Weisner told him to leave it since they did not want any international conflict on the Moon, but Ed disagrees since it was their territory. Thomas asks if he turned Margo over to his side if Ed would join and Ed tells him that if he is able to do so, he would not stand in his way. barrhead county road bans. However Ed was thinking about his conversation with Karen. Ed congratulated him on his landing, and Neil confesses he can not believe he did not abort the landing. In the show's alternate history, it's Russia, not the U.S., who is the first country to land on the moon. Karen gets involved and tells him he was making a mistake all for a publicity stunt, but Deke argued they had all earned their place in the program. Ed was awakened by Mikhail, who was singing. On a rocket simulator, Molly got into her spacesuit, while Ed helped her. Ed told everyone that he wanted Danielle to command the Apollo mission, and everybody agreed. Ed backed away from the man, who then moved off towards his rover. After they were off air, the Apollo 15 crew was told that ice had been located on the Moon, but the data would be used for later missions, since the ice was nowhere near their landing site at Mare FrigorisW. The crew aboard Pathfinder ran into trouble when disagreements arose. Gary Piscotty greets Ed, who is putting in his office. They look at the cosmonauts and turn back from the Moon. He told her about how he left Shane alone when Deke had come around, which led Molly to call him a selfish prick, which she also called herself due to her ignoring Wayne being afraid of her going to the Moon. Edward "Ed" Baldwin is one of the main characters in 'For All Mankind.' He is a NASA astronaut who misses the chance to land on the moon with Apollo 10. I'd say the true absolute latest would be 1935, giving him time to be 18 in the final year of the Korean War in 1953. They flew and Ed told Gordo he would test them to see if they had any balls. At a meeting in NASA, the possibility of ice being on the Moon was discussed. They started working on it, and Margo told them that they did not have a lot of time. Thomas asks Molly if that was it, since he wanted a harsher punishment, but Molly told him that it was not that big a deal since things had gotten out of hand, which happened all the time. He also tells him that his name is not Ivan, but Mikhail and reviewed Ed's options. Ed moves down the crater, where he drills into the crater only to soon find out the Soviets had planted a camera in his working space. At home, Ed is awake in bed and reminisces back to his encounter with Mikhail. Later, Ed leaves the Moon and heads back towards Earth, crying as he entered the atmosphere. Ed celebrated going back to space with Gordo and Danielle. Ed walks to the mining site as Karen walks through the hospital. Ed arrives and tells them that he had car trouble. He concludes that NASA does not have guts anymore since the Apollo 1 fireW. Apollo 15 started to reach the lunar surface, headed for Shackleton Crater. Ed sarcastically asks if his rover had broken down and he did not have enough oxygen to get back to base. Place of birth After this, Edward Baldwin is asked by his wife what would happen since the USA was not the first country to land on the Moon, and he says that there would be a meeting in order to discuss it, and leaves for work. Baldwin was the commander of Apollo 10, which traveled 8 miles from the Moon and served as a test flight for Apollo 11. All of a sudden, Danielle's ant farm fell and she cleaned it up. They walk across the Moon's surface and mention taking some pictures, but Gordo mentions he would never do that since no photo could ever really capture what they were seeing. On the Moon, Ed receives a long telex. Ed asked Danielle how she was and she said she was okay, but missed Clayton, who had struggled during his last nine years. At the tavern, they sang and played darts while nailing a newspaper to the target. Upset over the decision, Ed's friendship with with Danielle Poole became strained and believing NASA has become too bureaucratic, joined Helios Aerospace as their Mars mission commander.[2]. 60 days after the explosion of Apollo 23, Ed, Danielle, and Gordo were still on the Moon conducting experiments, while receiving supplies via unmanned Titan rockets while they waited for NASAs board of inquiry to identify the cause of the desaster. Gordo just laughs and Danielle tells him that everything is getting out of control. He is a fictional character who is one of the lead astronauts in the series. The Soviet, however, tells him that the Moon belongs to everybody and counters the fact that if it depended on who was there first, then a Soviet man had landed on the Moon first and had even said that the Moon belonged to everybody. Gordo said that he could not imagine what Danielle was going through. How is Ed Baldwin still an astronaut in Season 3? It's not unreasonable to think that life expectancy and quality rises with advancements in almost every aspect. Administrator Weisner gave them a speech where he announced, on behalf of president Kennedy, a new flight director, Irene Hendricks. Houston contacts them and Ellen asks if they had engaged with Buran, but Ed says they had not, which Ellen is relieved to hear. She turned on a light and told Ed to go lower. Mikhail told him that Elvis was banned in the USSR, but people found a way to listen to him, and called the singer fantastic. Gordo tells her that there was more to being an astronaut than just going to space, but said she was tired of reminiscing. Ed told them to land them at Shackleton Crater, but Gene Kranz refused since it was too big a risk, and they did not have the gear for that kind of exploration. Ed asked her if she was okay and she told them she needed to adjust, but had just found bedrock. Later, Gordo meets up with Ed, who asks him if he is ready to go. None of them drop out but Sally asks if there were nuclear weapons aboard Sea Dragon 17, to which Ed sincerely responds that he does not know. Thomas tells them that the Soviets had agreed to mount a mission with them on the Moon, which nobody likes. Tracy got very mad at Ed when she found out he had assigned Gordo to Jamestown at the same time she would be there. Joel Kinnaman Ed tells her that Gordo would not leave his flight, but says that if she wanted out of hers, to just say the word, but she should not expect new assignments soon while he was in office. Afterwards, he apologizes for what he did and confirms his trust in Neil, Buzz, and Michael who would all be going to the Moon soon. They are separated by Danielle, and Ed tells Gordo that he could not leave the base until further notice. Danielle told his old crewmates that she wanted to go back to the Moon. Ed mentioned they could find more about it on Apollo 15. She purchased The Outpost, before selling it to Sam Cleveland, who she later got into business with by opening Polaris Space Tours. He gets in his car and leaves. Karen interrupted the men, telling them the Soviets were now on the Moon again, revealing that a woman, Anastasia Belikova had now landed on the Moon, which now qualified as a historic moment for women across the world, since she was the first woman on the Moon. They walk and Ed tells him to forget about Tracy since they had been divorced for nearly five years and she had moved on. The Apollo 10 crew is introduced as Edward Baldwin and Gordo Stevens (Joel Kinnaman and Michael Dorman), instead of Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. After NASA sets up the Jamestown Base on the moon, Ed is stationed there with other astronauts. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 . Date of birth She tells him that she is fine and asks if he misses being on the Moon. Ed says that it had not been premeditated, and Thomas mentions that lately nothing had been with him since Gordo's mission and assigning himself to Pathfinder had come out of nowhere. That's the thing. After the mission, Edward runs his mouth to a reporter about how the space program's director, Wernher von Braun (Colm Feore) is holding them back, and he's banned from flying. Ed tells her that they can not expect to hold the mission then, since she would be alone and could not leave the base after everything that had happened. Molly and Ed looked down and said it was very steep, meaning they could go down, but they did not know if they would be able to go back up. When the Soviets landed on the Moon first, Baldwin and Gordo Stevens began facing criticism for not doing so. Ed tells NASA that the Soviets were building something, guessing that they were doing something subterranean. Uken does not believe he would want to do that since pilots become astronauts, not vice versa. John Glenn went into space at an old age as well, plus I am guessing Ed Baldwin has a lot of name recognition at this point. Karen and Shane went to a dinner party while Ed was at Outpost. She tells the other engineers that Molly still does not know the standard procedures. Ed mentions that the security detail would need weapons, but Thomas says that nobody had mentioned weapons. She tells them that they have one last chance and tells them to leave. Ed tells her that he read the incident report and knew that there was no way she had waited in the lava tube for the storm to pass and asks if she is okay. His joke made them all laugh. The launch begins, and after it successfully lifted off, Ed reassured her that there was nothing to worry about, which did not convince her. after the Soviets successfully landed on the moon first. Joel Kinnaman as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in "For All Mankind" on Apple TV+. Karen Baldwin was the wife of NASA astronaut Edward Baldwin. Ed mentions that skin was not everything, but she tells him that out of the 205 pilots, they only had 11 black pilots, of which only one had commanded a mission. Ed's jet caught fire and he was forced to eject. On the Moon, Molly thanks Ed for vouching for her not to have a diaper as they clean their spacesuits. First, Ed shows them Pathfinder and tells them that it would help them reach Mars faster. 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