Although the Apollo program is perhaps the most famous of the 1960s NASA spaceflights, there were two distinct phases and types of craft before Apollo: the Mercury program and then the Gemini program. In 1965, Gemini 7 flew near Gemini 6A, in what was the first successful and intentional rendezvous of two spacecraft, ever. Famously, Gemini 7 was flown by Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. Lovell later became more famous in 1970 during his heroic efforts to bring Apollo 13 back to Earth. But, now, in the alternate history series For All Mankind, one Easter egg at the end of Season 5, episode 3, “Home,” reveals a twist on the famous Gemini 7 mission.
Here’s the meaning of that big Easter egg at the end of the show, how it fits into the show’s timeline, and echoes real spaceflight history too.
