Space Force is an American workplace comedy streaming television series created by Greg Daniels and Steve Carell for Netflix. It centers on a group of people tasked with establishing the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Space Force. It stars Steve Carell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers, Lisa Kudrow, Tawny Newsome and Jimmy O. Yang. It premiered on Netflix on May 29, 2020, to mixed reviews. In November 2020, it was renewed for a second season which premiered on February 18, 2022, to generally favourable reviews. In April 2022, the series was cancelled after two seasons.
Premise
Space Force is a workplace comedy-drama series that centers on a group of people tasked with establishing the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Space Force. Season One follows the efforts of General Mark Naird (Carell) to get "boots on the Moon" by 2024, per the president's orders.
Cast and characters
Main
Steve Carell as General Mark R. Naird, the Space Force's first Chief of Space Operations John Malkovich as Dr. Adrian Mallory, Space Force chief scientist Ben Schwartz as F. Tony Scarapiducci, Space Force social media director Diana Silvers as Erin Naird, Mark's teenage daughter Tawny Newsome as Captain Angela Ali, a Space Force helicopter pilot, and later, astronaut. In the final minutes of the last episode of season 2, she is promoted to major. Jimmy O. Yang as Dr. Chan Kaifang, Dr. Mallory's lead assistant (season 2; recurring season 1) Don Lake as Brigadier General Bradley Gregory, Naird's executive officer (season 2; recurring season 1)
Recurring
Military
Noah Emmerich as General Kick Grabaston, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Alex Sparrow as Captain Yuri "Bobby" Telatovich (), a Russian Space Forces liaison with the Space Force, spy, and illegitimate son of Vladimir Putin Roy Wood Jr. as Colonel Bert Mellows, U.S. Army liaison to the Space Force Jane Lynch as Admiral Mayweather, Chief of Naval Operations Diedrich Bader as General Rongley, Chief of Staff of the United States Army Patrick Warburton as General Dabney Stramm, Commandant of the Marine Corps Larry Joe Campbell as Admiral Louis Biffoont, Commandant of the Coast Guard Spencer House as Duncan Tabner, a Space Force security guard from Alabama Jamison Webb as Major Lee Baxter Brandon Molale as Captain Clarke Luffinch, USAF
Politicians
Dan Bakkedahl as John Blandsmith, Secretary of Defense (Season 1) Ginger Gonzaga as Anabela Ysidro-Campos, credited and referred to as "the Angry Young Congresswoman" and also known as AYC, a parody of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Concetta Tomei as Representative Pitosi, a parody of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Alan Blumenfeld as Senator Schugler, a parody of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tim Meadows as Secretary of Defense (Season 2)
Scientists
Jessica St. Clair as Kelly King, structural engineer and civil contractor
Thomas Ohrstrom as Dr. Vandeveld
Nancy Lantis as Dr. Wolf
Punam Patel as Dr. Ranatunga
JayR Tinaco as Dr. Xyler
Family
Fred Willard as Fred Naird, Mark's father (season 1) Lisa Kudrow as Maggie Naird, Mark's wife
Other
Chris Gethard as Eddie Broser
Landon Ashworth as Gabe Eli
Owen Daniels as Obie Hanrahan
Aparna Nancherla as Pella Bhat
Hector Duran as Julio Díaz-José
Carolyn Wilson as Louise Papaleo
Vivis Colombetti as Hilde
Amanda Lund as Anna
Marc Sully Saint-Fleur as Jean Baptiste Bosou
Scott Michael Morgan as Emmett Bunyan
Guest
Rahul Nath as Dr. Chandreshekar
Tommy Cook as Representative Bob White
Asif Ali as Captain Dave Powers, USSF
Michael Hitchcock as Jerome Lalosz
Alice Wetterlund as Major Jane Pike, USSF
Punkie Johnson as Staff Sergeant Kiki Rhodes, USSF
Kaitlin Olson as Edison Jaymes, "an Elizabeth Holmes-esque tech wiz" Janina Gavankar as Hannah Howard, Jaymes' social media manager Bruce Locke as General Tsengjun, a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army Kelvin Han Yee as General Gao Xiaoling (), a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army and the commander of People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Megan Grano as Reporter No. 2 (Meredith) Jessica McKenna as Participant No. 2 Patton Oswalt as Captain Lancaster, an astronaut stationed in space (season 2) Terry Crews as General Aggroad, the new Air Force Chief of Staff (season 2) Tim Chiou as Dr. Lim, a Chinese astronaut (season 2) Richard Ouyang as Dr. Zhang, Chinese chief scientist
Episodes
Season 1 (2020)
Season 2 (2022)