At one point Lt. Sanchez is walking out of the control room and gives a technician some orders. He replies, "Yes, sir, Lieutenant". Since Lt. Sanchez is female, the correct way to address her would have been "Yes, ma'am, Lieutenant".
This use of "sir" is gender neutral and is something done even today, and is usually done so that it doesn't imply that female officers are inferior to their male counterparts.
This use of "sir" is gender neutral and is something done even today, and is usually done so that it doesn't imply that female officers are inferior to their male counterparts.
When they shut off the gravity in Gamma One, numerous things start to 'float' but Lt. Sanchez's long hair continues to hang down.
During the spacewalks there are several instances where the cables suspending the astronauts are visible.
When they don their spacesuits the helmets don't have an airtight seal. Their gloves are just rubber household cleaning gloves and also don't have an airtight seal.
At 00:00:28 a character refers to all five continents. In fact there are seven: Antarctica, Australia, Africa, Asia, North America, South America; Europe.