 FACT: When the Russians launch their ship, they are talking about  stats of the Sputnik. In Russian, the technician says that it is 36  degrees while the English subtitle reads 72, which is not possible.  36°C is 96.8°F. A further error is that the capsule atop the rocket  is not only not the one we later see being captured; it is a US  Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini vehicle was first launched in 1964 and  was in use until the end of 1966. There were two unmanned and ten  manned flights. In 1967, the Soviet Union was already using the  Soyuz