No. It’s the show that’s based on the premise that the Soviets had an enduring lead over the US in the space race.
Not only that, but some of the risks that NASA took in real life and won become tragic losses in the show.
The Soviets become not only the first nation to put a man on the moon, but follow quickly with a woman too.
Nasa are caught in a loop of trying to continually out-do the Soviets - they might be first, but the US want to do it bigger. Hence the response to a Soviet woman on the moon is to rapidly bring women into the astronaut program and make them more than a one-off novelty.
There’s a believable logic to it, and it has nothing to do with shoehorning representation if that’s what you’re implying.