For All Mankind - Handshake in Space (Apollo-Soyuz)

(Season 2 Finale)
In the midst of all the chaos happening between the US and USSR, ground control in Houston decide to give Apollo the order to dock with Soyuz, with the hope that whatever comes out of the planned mission would be satisfactory, during a day in which shit has hit the fan in every regard.

[pelagicboreas]

Reagan backing off once he saw the handshake is actually really accurate. As a former Hollywood actor, he was really influenced by a cinematic spectacle. In our timeline, it was when he saw 1983's The Day After that he was shocked and dismayed enough to consider another way forward with Moscow. It's very believable that he'd respond this way in the For All Mankind universe.

[dragoninthewest]

"Someday when they write the history of this time, they'll talk about how when the Cold War was at its coldest... an American astronaut shook hands with a Russian cosmonaut in a symbolic gesture that inspired the world!" - Thomas Paine, NASA director 1983

[Spacey_key]

I almost cried when I realised that almost nobody saw that

[klaviator]

We are lucky that only this part actually happened in real life ( in ISS ) and not the shooting each other part .

[liberty_prime]

This handshake saved the For All Mankind world

[Nighthawke]

It's the old Vulcan proverb "Only Nixon could go to China".

Apollo/Soyuz accomplished zero science, but accomplished miracles in detente and foreign relations on strange and unexplored grounds. The scene effectively mirrored what they actually did, up to speaking each others language. The docking module had to be an airlock, since the Apollo Command Module had a normal operating pressure of 5PSI (34kPa) and the Soyuz topped out around 15PSI (100kPa).

Some of the docking hardware's spare components are still in use today on the Zarya module.

[IGLArocknroll]

In the series, Leonov is the first man to walk on the Moon, and Deke Slayton is the first man to be buried there. In reality, both Leonov and Slayton participated in the Soyuz - Apollo mission and had good relations until Slayton's death due to brain tumor in 1993.

[gorillamedia]

Reagan: "It was beautiful... and Nancy thought so too"
Me at 2am: *Starts tearing up*

[Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

Us: ‘sorry a trigger happy space marine bbq’d your friend’

USSR: ‘sorry my buddies decompressed you moon bases killing some people’

Sorry was this before or after that moon war? 😂 I don’t know what’s happening 🤣

*watches the rest of the video
*sees the rest of the world
Oh... oh no. 🤯

[Kujakuseki]

One of the best shows on today. More people must see this.

[qubex]

I was expecting a bright flash to come through one of those windows in the deserted houses as the air-raid sirens blared.

[acarrillo]

This is a beautiful scene, one huge technical flaw. Soyuz and Apollo have different life support systems. The Apollo astronaut had to close the hatch behind them and match the atmosphere in the docking chamber with Soyuz so they could open their hatch.

[Lajos_Kelemen]

Is this the same Reagan voice actor from CoD Cold War?
They both do a really good
job at impersonating his voice

[greenemonster]

Dani could lift Thor's Hammer.
She is so good and her intentions are pure.
Love Dani.

[gordonlumbert]

An interesting Homage to 2001 a Space Odyssey .

[barabaka]

We were watching this episode late at night and suddenly the siren sounded. A similar sound we have in Ukraine when there is a threat of a missile attack from Russia. We were quick to turn it down so the neighbors wouldn't be frightened :-)

[olentangy]

For those who may not be aware: this actually did happen on July 15, 1975.
The American astronaut was a US Air Force brigadier general by the name of Thomas Stafford. And yes, he was a white man. Just sayin.

[soumy]

This show does scratch my Expanse itch..

[lexusdriver]

American Astronauts and Russian Cosmonauts shaking hands together after docking together to symbolize friendship.

[ItsAlimonda]

Best sci fi show i have watched since The Expanse imo. So glad i got apple TV to see it