How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon in Apple TV's new 'Star City'?

Star City — Official Trailer | Apple TV - YouTube Watch On The world just witnessed Artemis 2 's inspiring loop around the moon and back and we’re all still enraptured by NASA’s triumphant effort to return humanity to our lone satellite. Now Apple TV is turning back the clock to those early pioneering days when America and the USSR were locked in a lunar sprint with a compelling trailer for its new "For All Mankind" spinoff series, " Star City ." Now entering its fifth season last month, " For All Mankind 's" alt-history hit has presented a very different timeline where the Russians landed on the moon first in 1969, which spurred a furious catch-up policy that extended the Apollo missions far beyond 1972 and eventually on to Mars where the Happy Valley colony was established. In real life of course, the United States touched down on lunar soil with NASA's Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969 with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin taking those first steps for all Mankind. This fresh trailer is a solemn look at Russia's super-secret space program as they fought to beat the Americans and maintain the necessary technological and psychological edge following their summer voyage to the moon. Article continues below Promotional art for Apple TV's "Stary City." (Image credit: Apple TV) "I take this step for my country, for my people, and for the Marxist-Leninist way of life," states a Soviet cosmonaut as his boots step onto the lunar regolith. …