STS-51-L crew
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The STS-51-L crew were the seven astronauts who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during a mission that included teacher Christa McAuliffe.
All labels observed (1)
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| STS-51-L crew canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17080119 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: STS-51-L crew Context triple: [Challenger Point, namedAfter, STS-51-L crew]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
NASA Astronaut Group 6
NASA Astronaut Group 6 was a 1967 class of NASA astronauts that included several future Apollo lunar mission crew members.
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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
- 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-51-L crew Target entity description: The STS-51-L crew were the seven astronauts who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during a mission that included teacher Christa McAuliffe.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
NASA Astronaut Group 6
NASA Astronaut Group 6 was a 1967 class of NASA astronauts that included several future Apollo lunar mission crew members.
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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
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.