'Star City': Release date & how to watch Apple TV's superb Soviet space series

Get ready to watch 'Star City' and see the alternative-history space race from behind the Iron Curtain. Everyone is familiar with NASA's Apollo Program and its endeavor to land the first person on the lunar surface when Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong took one small step for a man on July 20, 1969. But Apple TV's "For All Mankind" gave us a look into an alternative history version of the historic mission, one where Russia landed on the moon first, and the Space Race accelerated further than true-life events transpired. Now we're headed over to Star City , the Soviet Union’s secret cosmonaut training city located just an hour outside Moscow, to see how this fictional feat was accomplished by the forbidden city’s population of cosmonauts, security thugs, scientists, engineers, aerospace aces, KGB operatives, and double-agent spies. With "For All Mankind" season 5's finale airing this week, it’s time to switch sides to "Star City" and learn how the USSR beat the Americans at their own game despite oppression, near-disasters, sabotage, love triangles, paranoia, and some really bland food. Let’s brave the Cold War chill, comrades, and march right into Apple TV's "Star City ! " When does "Star City" come out? Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell-Martin in Apple TV's "Star City" (Image credit: Apple TV) The debut season of "Star City" starts on May 29, 2026 for its first 8-episode outing at 12:00 a.m. …