STS-78
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STS-78 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on life and microgravity science research in orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-78 canonical | 8 |
| STS-78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16984520 — 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: STS-78 Context triple: [Richard M. Linnehan, participatedIn, STS-78]
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A.
STS-77
STS-77 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on microgravity research and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-76
STS-76 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering astronaut Shannon Lucid to the Russian Mir space station for a long-duration stay.
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C.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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D.
STS-74
STS-74 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that carried Atlantis to the Russian Mir space station to deliver supplies and a docking module as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation.
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E.
STS-87
STS-87 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and solar physics experiments, notable for including astronaut Kalpana Chawla among its crew.
- 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: STS-78 Target entity description: STS-78 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on life and microgravity science research in orbit.
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A.
STS-77
STS-77 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on microgravity research and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-76
STS-76 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering astronaut Shannon Lucid to the Russian Mir space station for a long-duration stay.
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C.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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D.
STS-74
STS-74 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that carried Atlantis to the Russian Mir space station to deliver supplies and a docking module as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation.
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E.
STS-87
STS-87 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and solar physics experiments, notable for including astronaut Kalpana Chawla among its crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STS-78