Have a Million Questions About Netflix's Space Force Series? Here's the Lowdown

Much like The Office, the Netflix series is described as a workplace comedy, with enough satire and sarcasm to fuel a rocket to space. Which is appropriate, since that's what it's all about! The series follows decorated pilot and four-star general Mark R. Naird (Carell), who dreams of running the Air Force. But instead of reaching his dream goal, he finds himself tapped to lead the new sixth branch of the US Armed Forces: Space Force. Mark packs up his family and moves to a remote base in Colorado, where he and a team of scientists and "spacemen" are tasked with achieving total space dominance.

Netflix gave the series the green light back in January 2019. The first season of the series will air 10 episodes and marks the second regular TV role for Carell since The Office.

While the series, and everything that happens within it, is fictional, the United States Space Force (USSF) is real. It is the sixth and most recent branch of the US Armed Forces, originally founded in September 1982 as a unit inside the Air Force that supported most of the country's military operations in space. In 2018, Trump revived a proposal to make the Air Force Space Command an independent space force, which was eventually signed into reality on Dec. 20, 2019.

Along with Carell, Space Force features several familiar faces including Lisa Kudrow as Maggie Naird; John Malkovich as Dr. Adrian Mallory; Diana Silvers as Erin Naird; Tawny Newsome as Angela Ali; Ben Schwartz as F. Tony Scarapiducci, secretary of the Air Force; Jimmy O. Yang as Dr. Chen Kaifang; Alex Sparrow as Yuri "Bobby" Telatovich; Fred Willard as Fred Naird, secretary of defence; and Don Lake as Brad Gregory. Roy Wood Jr. also stars as Liaison Bert Mellows along with Jane Lynch as chief of naval operations and Noah Emmerich as General Kick Grabaston, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The Office's Howard Klein serves as executive producer, with Daniels as showrunner.

Space Force will premiere on Netflix on May 29.