Apple TV has confirmed that ‘For All Mankind‘ will return for a sixth and final season, giving the award-winning alt-history space drama the chance to bring its long-running story to a proper conclusion.
The renewal lands just ahead of ‘For All Mankind’ returning later this month for season five, which picks up in the 2010s after the Goldilocks asteroid heist. With Happy Valley now a thriving Martian colony and Earth pushing for more control over life on the Red Planet, the new season looks set to ramp up the tension between Mars’ residents and the powers back home.
Creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi said they are thrilled to be able to finish the story as intended, with Wolpert and Nedivi describing six seasons in the ‘For All Mankind’ universe as “an amazing privilege.” Apple also praised the series as one of the platform’s longest-running and most acclaimed dramas, ahead of what it says will be an “exhilarating conclusion” next year.
Season five sees returning cast including Joel Kinnaman, Toby Kebbell, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña and Wrenn Schmidt, alongside new series regulars Mireille Enos (The Killing, Hanna), Costa Ronin (The Americans, Homeland), Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Ruby Cruz (Bottoms) and Ines Asserson (Royalteen).
There is also more to come from the wider franchise, with spin-off ‘Star City‘ set to debut the same day as the season five finale, expanding the universe beyond the main show’s final chapter.
That means fans are getting both the start of the end for ‘For All Mankind’ and the launch of its next era in the same week, which feels like a pretty fitting way to handle one of Apple TV’s most ambitious sci-fi series.
‘For All Mankind‘ Season 5 premieres Friday, 27th March 2026 on Apple TV.
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