Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C
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Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C was a 1984 NASA flight of Challenger notable for successfully capturing, repairing, and redeploying the Solar Maximum Mission satellite during a pioneering on-orbit servicing operation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-C mission | 1 |
| Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20770570 — 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: Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C Context triple: [James D. van Hoften, spaceMission, Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C]
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Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense flight of the orbiter Discovery, notable as the first space mission flown by astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
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B.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-A
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-A was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery flight notable for deploying two communications satellites and performing the first space salvage operation by retrieving two malfunctioning satellites, with astronaut Anna Fisher serving as a mission specialist.
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C.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery flight that deployed communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I was a 1985 NASA flight of orbiter Discovery focused on deploying and repairing communications satellites in low Earth orbit.
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E.
Space Shuttle mission STS-67
Space Shuttle mission STS-67 was a 1995 NASA flight of orbiter Endeavour focused on ultraviolet astronomy research using the ASTRO-2 observatory.
- 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: Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C Target entity description: Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C was a 1984 NASA flight of Challenger notable for successfully capturing, repairing, and redeploying the Solar Maximum Mission satellite during a pioneering on-orbit servicing operation.
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A.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense flight of the orbiter Discovery, notable as the first space mission flown by astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
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B.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-A
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-A was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery flight notable for deploying two communications satellites and performing the first space salvage operation by retrieving two malfunctioning satellites, with astronaut Anna Fisher serving as a mission specialist.
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C.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery flight that deployed communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I was a 1985 NASA flight of orbiter Discovery focused on deploying and repairing communications satellites in low Earth orbit.
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E.
Space Shuttle mission STS-67
Space Shuttle mission STS-67 was a 1995 NASA flight of orbiter Endeavour focused on ultraviolet astronomy research using the ASTRO-2 observatory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C