Lets have a look further. Karen says that it is since Kelly had finally decided where she wanted to go. Ed asked Danielle how she was and she said she was okay, but missed Clayton, who had struggled during his last nine years. Joint Meritorious Unit AwardMeritorious Service Medal with Gold StarNavy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Gold StarAlso see Notes By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Ed is poured three shots by Danny Stevens at Outpost. Asking why he had gone through with it, Neil talks about the risk taking that is involved in taking calls while flying. On November 29, 1974, Ed tells Shane that an action of his was an embarrassment to his entire family since he was supposed to be the man of the house, while Karen listens. They are told that Pathfinder's missiles were primarily for self-defense, which makes Sally question if they would be used for offensive purposes, but Margo tells them that that is not the mission plan. The host asks her if she has a new ring and she tells him that it is a ring Sam Cleveland had given her when they got married in Vegas. Actor(s) It could have been meant to be "June 29" instead of July, however that would be a Sunday. Therefore, viewers need not worry about Kinnaman exiting the series just yet. Not totally implausible, pilots were often quite young. No, Ed Baldwin was not a real astronaut. However, Bradford reminds him that he was emotionally vulnerable at the time. Thomas called Deke and Gene and told them the CIA was worried that the Soviets would place military assets on the Moon, and told them that if they could get Apollo 15 to Shackleton, they should do it. He tells Shane he wrote his name on the Moons surface, which would now remain there for many years. The cosmonaut requested water, which Ed told him he would give him when he told him what the Soviets were building. Ellen fed Deke, who was now laying down. Edward Baldwin is on a phone call with Patty's father, who is angry at what happened, but Ed only mentions he was Patty's instructor on the day of the accident before Doyle hung up on him. Ed tries teaching Shane to ride a bike, but he keeps falling. Ed makes it to NASA and looks at his board and eyes his Pathfinder model with a smile. She tells him that things would be different since she would be running Outpost and would not be sucked into being worried about him all the time, but tells him to go. Ed arrives and tells them that he had car trouble. Maybe they have advanced stem cell therapies, too? Santoro stays with Ed and wonders why NASA didn't have the guts to let him land, and Ed starts remembering his mission. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. He says that nobody was talking about that, but she tells him that she knew he only gave Gordo the assignment out of pity. She informs him that his new launch date would be in a couple of days and she tells him to be safe. He told them that the activity for that day would be to perform basic takeoff and landing maneuvers with each of them flying an altitude of 300 feet, hover 30 seconds, execute a 360 clockwise spin, hover for another 30 seconds, and land on a target. Margo asked Ed what the last headcount was on Jamestown, and he mentioned that ten minutes ago 14 were in the shelter and three were within visual sight of the base. She went down another 20 feet. In an interview to Newsweek, Baldwin said that "NASA doesn't have guts anymore".[1]. Karen says that it does not seem very safe, and asks what would happen if it exploded in the atmosphere, and Ed mentioned that was why the launch was in the middle of nowhere. The two looked at each other and the Soviet brandished a hammer threateningly. Some time before the day of the takeoff, Gordo greeted Ed, telling him he would be going to Ellington. The men raced to Outpost Tavern, declaring the last one to get there would buy the drinks. 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The crew of Apollo 22 said goodbye when Danielle broke her arm and was sent home. Ed told him that he would not kill him and Mikhail told him that he had also seen the bad parts of America. He was promoted to Captain of the United States Navy by the president, with a salary increase retroactive to when the mission had started. Ed told her that only ten more days and he would be down there, and they said goodbye. She tells them that she wants to go back to Jamestown since none of them had been up there in nine years, but neither of them want to go back. And Shatner just took a joyride on a ballistic flight at age 90. They are separated by Danielle, and Ed tells Gordo that he could not leave the base until further notice. After everybody congratulates her, he says that Gordo would join her as well. He apologized to Gordo for having not talked to him sooner, but Gordo told him it was okay. Molly argued that landing at Shackleton would be half-baked and last minute, which Ed compared to her training. Molly mentioned she had never wanted a cigarette more, and Ed told her she had come a long way as Mission Control, Karen, and Molly's husband Wayne celebrated their landing. Larry suggested a diaper, but Ed was against that, and told them that nobody in his crew would be wearing a diaper. Bradford tells Margo to ask about the overhead lights, so the astronauts check and find that Mikhail had managed to plant a bug at Jamestown when he was with Ed. Baldwin was supposed to command Apollo 15 too, but for this interview, he was removed from the mission and assigned to the Apollo Applications ProgramW. He talks to Shane, who he tells he did something special for that day. The Soviet lifted his visor and Ed told him to come in. Place of birth Its a huge liability having someone that old on a mission that long and isolated, let alone the mission commander. It retains some characters from actual history and creates some fictional people that are the shows driving force. He told Ed to have dinner with his new crewmate, Molly, along with Frank Sedgewick so they would get to know each other. Thomas tells them that the Soviets had agreed to mount a mission with them on the Moon, which nobody likes. Ed asked about Apollo 15, since the descent stage still had fuel in it. Molly Cobb is told she is live on all networks. As soon as Ed sat down, Danny left. He asks Danielle why the meeting had been moved up, but she did not know. The woman found it strange that NASA had picked him to fly right seat in its first nuclear spacecraft. Ed says that he was not there when Shane died and was not there for anyone, only being able to scream into the night. Ed tells them that flying into space had always been a wonder and now they had finally done it. They reached the end of the line, but Molly was only able to find basalt. He says that he cannot leave the past behind because he had left something up on the Moon and felt like he did not exist on Earth and did not know what he was doing. Ed walks to the mining site as Karen walks through the hospital. Ed was devastated to hear that Shane had died. The crew of the Apollo 22 call Houston to tell them they were going back to the base. Ellen suggests Ed throwing a tank. He greeted Ellen and asked how Deke was doing, but Ellen told him that space had made Deke more soft and cuddly than usual. In real life, NASA's astronaut corps numbered more than 50 men, including four of the original Mercury 7, by June 1969. . Deke told Thomas that the crew would decide and left. The phone rings and Kelly picks up, and is told that Ed was fine. During a jet flying test, Ed instructed Tracy how to land. They neared Shackleton, which was dark, but it was time for them to find a landing spot. Karen says that it was good for Kelly to know what it was like when situations like this happened. Sea Dragon would be within missile range in five minutes, so Ed tells Gary to open the payload doors, which reveals their weapons. Buran had missile lock on Sea dragon 17, so Ed sits down again, telling her he would do what he had to and shoots Sea Dragon down. Later, because of a political problem with Wernher von Braun, he was asked to testify in front of a committee. Newsweek reporter Paul Santoro walks into Outpost, and asks the astronauts what they thought about the event, but nobody wants to comment about it. He mentions that Danny had been there, but that the ants were real. On the Moon, Ed receives a long telex. When the congressman asked him if he would have been the first man on the Moon had it not been for von Braun, Ed mentioned it was not that simple since von Braun had made the call on the ground, but in lunar orbit he had known he could bring Apollo 10 down safely into the Moon and after the launch, it was his ship to command and asked for everyone to blame him for losing the Moon, non von Braun or Neil. Molly gets visited by Ed, who makes fun of her for having to use glasses, when she had made fun of him before. Instead, he functions as a nebulous stand-in for all the astronauts in that time period. Ed acknowledges that, but tells them they needed to make sure Sea Dragon could reach the Moon, escorting it to Jamestown. Ellen removed her chord and jumped, successfully attaching it to the tank and barely able to hold on to it. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. She refused, but Ed told her he would be bringing her back up. He also said training for Apollo's 12 - 20 would also continue, as there had been no instructions from the top. Gordo does not look so good, and says that he had a weird moment in his suit where he felt trapped and mentioned that he had to take his helmet off. Molly started humming, and Margo asked her to focus; Cobb started entering numbers, but got a mistake, which Ed dryly confirmed was wrong. Since Kelly was worried about her applying essay, Ed told her a bit about his and what she should write about. I am willing to overlook it to see Joel Kinnaman in space. Everybody at Houston celebrates, completely impressed by the stunt. The Soviet tells him he was not looking for anything there, and Ed asks him what the device was he had left there since it was his territory. Rank Ed realized that she was doing that in order for Ed to call NASA and tell them that they needed medical attention. Shorty then told her that Americans want to see a free woman on the Moon, not some Soviet puppet, and told her she should smile more, but after seeing her smile, he regretted it, and told her not to. Shane asks Karen why everything is about her, and Karen tells him that she is the first woman astronaut, but Shane reminds him that Ed is her boss. One, Two, Three, Four I reached an emotional desperation I'd never achieved on camera before.". If he can pass the flight physical, it shouldn't be a problem. Gordo and Ed were berated by NASA administration after Ed's reckless behavior. She reveals that she slept with someone else and she did it sober and knowingly. It's not unlikely that they'll also handwave, a bit like KSR, some medical advances. Edward "Ed" Baldwin is one of NASA's top astronauts. He congratulates her and they are brought spaghetti by their adopted daughter, who mentions that she had not been able to look at the college catalogue Karen had given her. The Soviet, however, tells him that the Moon belongs to everybody and counters the fact that if it depended on who was there first, then a Soviet man had landed on the Moon first and had even said that the Moon belonged to everybody. Tracy's turn was first, so she got in, and started flying, while Gordo drove his car. (Apple TV+) He says that he found himself happy, even though he did not expect to find himself where he was before. Ed, Gordo, and Danielle start getting desperate over a phone call with Buzz and were told that they needed two more weeks and were being sent a surprise this time. However, Ed says that he only makes decisions based on what he believes is best for the program, but she insults him, saying that he made decisions based on his golf score and how big a dump he had taken that day. However, in the third season, Ed returns to space and pilots Helios Phoenix spacecraft to Mars. Ed told them to land them at Shackleton Crater, but Gene Kranz refused since it was too big a risk, and they did not have the gear for that kind of exploration. Sedge, Ed, and Molly got ready for takeoff, putting on their spacesuits. On Jamestown, Ed, Gordo, and Danielle are being told a new contractor was being used for the LH2 valve, but there was a mishap when the rocket was being built and were told that it would take time, so Apollo 24 would be delayed yet another two weeks. Margo takes note that they would need to send more plutonium and says that she would alert Guam to implement nuclear transportation guidelines, only to be told by General Bradford that they would need to ask the Pentagon first. Gene mentioned water on the Moon could change everything, with Ray Schumer emphasizing that they could drink it, grow plants, and make rocket fuel. He told Ed he can get drunk with Gordo, and watch it on TV or go on Apollo 15. He tells them that he has decided to go back to space and command Pathfinder. That's the thing. Later, NASA Administrator Thomas Paine presents Ed to congressman Charles Sandman, who is looking into NASA and is a big fan of his due to his work on Apollo 10. Karen interrupted the men, telling them the Soviets were now on the Moon again, revealing that a woman, Anastasia Belikova had now landed on the Moon, which now qualified as a historic moment for women across the world, since she was the first woman on the Moon. Deke told him that the women were doing desert survival training, which surprised Thomas. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm and Frame Unit Citation. Ed argues he has been doing nothing but desk work since the article, but Uken tells him he is also one of the best aviators and the navy would be lucky to get him back, since they were close to winning VietnamW. 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