Mir EO-21
E118090
Mir EO-21 was a long-duration 1996 expedition to the Russian Mir space station that included NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid as a research cosmonaut.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mir EO-21 canonical | 8 |
| Mir EO-21 crew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1006326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mir EO-21 Context triple: [Shannon Lucid, spaceMission, Mir EO-21]
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A.
Ten-Go
Ten-Go was the codename for Japan’s final major naval operation in World War II, centered on the battleship Yamato’s doomed sortie toward Okinawa in April 1945.
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B.
Naikaku
Naikaku is the Japanese term for the Cabinet, the executive branch of Japan’s national government headed by the Prime Minister.
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C.
Songun
Songun is North Korea’s military-first political ideology that prioritizes the Korean People’s Army as the central force of the state and society.
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D.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
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E.
Kono
Kono is a Japanese surname most prominently associated with politician Taro Kono, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mir EO-21 Target entity description: Mir EO-21 was a long-duration 1996 expedition to the Russian Mir space station that included NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid as a research cosmonaut.
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A.
Ten-Go
Ten-Go was the codename for Japan’s final major naval operation in World War II, centered on the battleship Yamato’s doomed sortie toward Okinawa in April 1945.
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B.
Naikaku
Naikaku is the Japanese term for the Cabinet, the executive branch of Japan’s national government headed by the Prime Minister.
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C.
Songun
Songun is North Korea’s military-first political ideology that prioritizes the Korean People’s Army as the central force of the state and society.
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D.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
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E.
Kono
Kono is a Japanese surname most prominently associated with politician Taro Kono, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mir expedition
ⓘ
long-duration spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| associatedSpaceShuttleMission |
STS-76
ⓘ
STS-79 ⓘ |
| commander | Yuri Onufrienko ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Shannon Lucid
ⓘ
Yuri Onufrienko ⓘ Yury Usachov ⓘ |
| destinationOrbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| dockingVehicle |
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-76
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-76
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-79 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-79
|
| duration | ~163 days ⓘ |
| endDate | 1996-09-02 ⓘ |
| flightEngineer | Yury Usachov ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mir EO-22 ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz TM-23 ⓘ |
| missionType | space station expedition ⓘ |
| nationalityOfCrewMember |
Shannon Lucid – American
ⓘ
Yuri Onufrienko – Russian ⓘ Yury Usachov – Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first long-duration stay of an American woman on Mir
ⓘ
record-setting spaceflight duration by a woman at the time ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
Russian Federal Space Agency ⓘ
linked to:
Roscosmos
|
| partOf | Shuttle–Mir Program ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mir EO-20 ⓘ |
| program | Mir-NASA program ⓘ |
| researchCosmonaut | Shannon Lucid ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Earth observation
ⓘ
life sciences experiments ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ microgravity experiments ⓘ |
| returnVehicle |
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-79
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-79
|
| spaceAgencyOfCrewMember |
Shannon Lucid – NASA
ⓘ
linked to:
Shannon Lucid
Yuri Onufrienko – Roscosmos ⓘ Yury Usachov – Roscosmos ⓘ |
| spaceStation | Mir ⓘ |
| spaceStationModuleUsed |
Kvant-2 module
ⓘ
linked to:
Kvant-2
Mir core module ⓘ Priroda module ⓘ
linked to:
Priroda
|
| spacewalkParticipants |
Yuri Onufrienko
ⓘ
Yury Usachov ⓘ |
| spacewalkPurpose |
experiments deployment
ⓘ
station maintenance ⓘ |
| spacewalksConductedByCrew | yes ⓘ |
| startDate | 1996-03-22 ⓘ |
| year | 1996 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mir EO-21 Description of subject: Mir EO-21 was a long-duration 1996 expedition to the Russian Mir space station that included NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid as a research cosmonaut.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mir EO-21
subject linked to:
Yuri Onufrienko – Roscosmos
subject linked to:
Yury Usachov – Roscosmos