Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)
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Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) is a NASA program that contracts private companies, such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2607811 — 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: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Context triple: [Common Berthing Mechanism (Cargo Dragon 1), usedOnMissionType, Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)]
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Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) was SpaceX’s first operational Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
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B.
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
The NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program is an initiative that partnered with private companies to develop and demonstrate commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX CRS-10
SpaceX CRS-10 was a NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission that delivered cargo to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
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SpaceX Dragon program
The SpaceX Dragon program is a family of reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX to transport cargo and crew to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
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Commercial Crew Program
The Commercial Crew Program is a NASA initiative that partners with private companies to develop and operate crewed spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
- 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: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Target entity description: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) is a NASA program that contracts private companies, such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.
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A.
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) was SpaceX’s first operational Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
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B.
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
The NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program is an initiative that partnered with private companies to develop and demonstrate commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the International Space Station.
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C.
CRS-20
CRS-20 was the final NASA Commercial Resupply Services mission flown by SpaceX’s first-generation Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX CRS-10
SpaceX CRS-10 was a NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission that delivered cargo to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
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SpaceX Dragon program
The SpaceX Dragon program is a family of reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX to transport cargo and crew to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA program
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cargo resupply program ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CRS ⓘ |
| benefit |
encourages commercial space industry
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reduces NASA dependence on government-owned cargo vehicles ⓘ |
| cargoType |
crew supplies
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pressurized cargo ⓘ scientific experiments ⓘ spare parts ⓘ unpressurized cargo ⓘ |
| contractor |
Northrop Grumman
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Orbital ATK ⓘ Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ Sierra Nevada Corporation ⓘ SpaceX ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| customer | NASA ⓘ |
| destinationOrbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| firstOperationalMissionYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| firstOrbitalSciencesCRSMission | Orb-1 ⓘ |
| firstSpaceXCRSMission |
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
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surface form:
SpaceX CRS-1
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| fundingModel |
commercial services contract
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fixed-price contract ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed |
Antares
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Atlas V ⓘ Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9
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| managedBy |
Commercial Crew Program
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surface form:
NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office
NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate ⓘ |
| missionType | uncrewed cargo resupply ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| phase |
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
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surface form:
CRS-1
CRS-2 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Space Shuttle ISS logistics flights ⓘ |
| purpose |
deliver cargo to the International Space Station
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deliver experiments to the International Space Station ⓘ deliver supplies to the International Space Station ⓘ resupply the International Space Station ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Commercial Crew Program
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NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program ⓘ
surface form:
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
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| spacecraftUsed |
Cygnus spacecraft
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Dream Chaser spaceplane ⓘ
surface form:
Dream Chaser Cargo System
SpaceX Cargo Dragon ⓘ SpaceX Cargo Dragon ⓘ
surface form:
SpaceX Dragon
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| spaceStationServed | International Space Station ⓘ |
| startYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| status | ongoing ⓘ |
| uses |
commercial cargo spacecraft
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commercial launch vehicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Description of subject: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) is a NASA program that contracts private companies, such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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