NASA Astronaut Group 15
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NASA Astronaut Group 15 was a 1994 class of NASA astronauts, informally known as "The Flying Escargot," that included both pilot and mission specialist candidates selected for Space Shuttle-era missions.
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| NASA Astronaut Group 15 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16642269 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NASA Astronaut Group 15 Context triple: [William Cameron McCool, serviceNumberOrID, NASA Astronaut Group 15]
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NASA Astronaut Group 10
NASA Astronaut Group 10 is a cohort of NASA astronauts selected in 1984, notable for including many who later flew multiple Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
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NASA Astronaut Group 18
NASA Astronaut Group 18 is a class of NASA astronauts selected in 2000, often nicknamed "The Bugs," which includes spacefarers such as Douglas Hurley.
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NASA Astronaut Group 1
NASA Astronaut Group 1 was the original group of seven U.S. astronauts selected in 1959, known as the Mercury Seven, who pioneered America’s first human spaceflights.
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NASA Astronaut Group 5
NASA Astronaut Group 5 was a 1966 class of American astronauts that provided many of the crew members for later Apollo lunar missions and early Skylab flights.
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NASA Astronaut Group 7
NASA Astronaut Group 7 was a cohort of astronauts selected by NASA in 1969, notable for including both scientist-astronauts and pilots who flew on Apollo, Skylab, and early Space Shuttle missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA Astronaut Group 15 Target entity description: NASA Astronaut Group 15 was a 1994 class of NASA astronauts, informally known as "The Flying Escargot," that included both pilot and mission specialist candidates selected for Space Shuttle-era missions.
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A.
NASA Astronaut Group 10
NASA Astronaut Group 10 is a cohort of NASA astronauts selected in 1984, notable for including many who later flew multiple Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
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B.
NASA Astronaut Group 18
NASA Astronaut Group 18 is a class of NASA astronauts selected in 2000, often nicknamed "The Bugs," which includes spacefarers such as Douglas Hurley.
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C.
NASA Astronaut Group 1
NASA Astronaut Group 1 was the original group of seven U.S. astronauts selected in 1959, known as the Mercury Seven, who pioneered America’s first human spaceflights.
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D.
NASA Astronaut Group 5
NASA Astronaut Group 5 was a 1966 class of American astronauts that provided many of the crew members for later Apollo lunar missions and early Skylab flights.
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E.
NASA Astronaut Group 7
NASA Astronaut Group 7 was a cohort of astronauts selected by NASA in 1969, notable for including both scientist-astronauts and pilots who flew on Apollo, Skylab, and early Space Shuttle missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.