Ziggurat

Glynn Lunney says, "We have no clue how many cosmonauts the Russians killed before they sent Gagarin back alive." Contrary to the beliefs of some conspiracy theorists, later historians have clearly established that Gagarin was, in fact, the first Soviet cosmonaut launched into space. The only cosmonaut who died prior to Gagarin's flight, Valentin Bondarenko, was killed in a training accident on the ground.

During the pre-flight physical, Shephard is getting his temperature taken orally. The thermometer has a red tip. This indicates it is a rectal thermometer. Oral thermometers had a blue tip.