Ye-8 lander bus
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The Ye-8 lander bus was a Soviet lunar spacecraft platform used in the Luna program to deliver landers and rovers, such as the Lunokhod vehicles, to the Moon’s surface.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ye-8 lander bus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22766420 — 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: Ye-8 lander bus Context triple: [Luna 21, spacecraftBus, Ye-8 lander bus]
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A.
Ye-6 series lunar landers
The Ye-6 series lunar landers were Soviet robotic spacecraft designed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings on the Moon as part of the Luna program.
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B.
Ye-4 series lunar impactors
The Ye-4 series lunar impactors were early Soviet spacecraft designed to crash into the Moon’s surface to gather data and test technologies for subsequent soft-landing missions.
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C.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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D.
Altair lunar lander
The Altair lunar lander was NASA’s planned next-generation crewed spacecraft for landing astronauts on the Moon as part of the post-Apollo Constellation program.
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E.
Skylark spacecraft
The Skylark spacecraft is a fictional interstellar vessel from E.E. "Doc" Smith’s classic science fiction novel "The Skylark of Space," known for pioneering faster-than-light space travel in the story.
- 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: Ye-8 lander bus Target entity description: The Ye-8 lander bus was a Soviet lunar spacecraft platform used in the Luna program to deliver landers and rovers, such as the Lunokhod vehicles, to the Moon’s surface.
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A.
Ye-6 series lunar landers
The Ye-6 series lunar landers were Soviet robotic spacecraft designed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings on the Moon as part of the Luna program.
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B.
Ye-4 series lunar impactors
The Ye-4 series lunar impactors were early Soviet spacecraft designed to crash into the Moon’s surface to gather data and test technologies for subsequent soft-landing missions.
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C.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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D.
Altair lunar lander
The Altair lunar lander was NASA’s planned next-generation crewed spacecraft for landing astronauts on the Moon as part of the post-Apollo Constellation program.
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E.
Skylark spacecraft
The Skylark spacecraft is a fictional interstellar vessel from E.E. "Doc" Smith’s classic science fiction novel "The Skylark of Space," known for pioneering faster-than-light space travel in the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Luna 21 (flyby imaging context)