STS-49
E370856
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-49 canonical | 7 |
| STS-49 (Intelsat VI retrieval and repair) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3542098 — 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-49 Context triple: [Kevin P. Chilton, spaceMission, STS-49]
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A.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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C.
STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.
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D.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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E.
STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
- 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-49 Target entity description: STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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A.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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C.
STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.
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D.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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E.
STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign |
Space Shuttle Endeavour
ⓘ
surface form:
Endeavour
|
| category |
Space Shuttle mission STS-67
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle Endeavour missions
|
| commander | Daniel C. Brandenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| evaCount | 4 ⓘ |
| evaObjective |
attach new perigee kick motor to Intelsat VI F-3
ⓘ
capture Intelsat VI F-3 using capture bar ⓘ test assembly of Station by EVA Methods (ASEM) structures ⓘ |
| evaParticipant |
Kathryn C. Thornton
ⓘ
Pierre J. Thuot NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard J. Hieb NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas D. Akers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-50 ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1992-05-16 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1992-05-07 ⓘ |
| launchMass | ~116,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 8 days 21 hours 17 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 49 ⓘ |
| missionPatch | STS-49 mission patch ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Bruce E. Melnick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kathryn C. Thornton ⓘ Pierre J. Thuot NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard J. Hieb NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas D. Akers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | satellite rescue and repair ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first and only three-astronaut spacewalk to capture a satellite
ⓘ
maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ record number of spacewalks on a single Shuttle mission at the time ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 306 km ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 296 km ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 141 ⓘ |
| payload |
Assembly of Station by EVA Methods (ASEM) experiments
ⓘ
Intelsat VI F-3 ⓘ |
| pilot | Kevin P. Chilton ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-45 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | Intelsat VI F-3 retrieval, repair, and redeployment ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft | OV-105 ⓘ |
| spaceShuttle | Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| totalEVATime | 25 hours 27 minutes ⓘ |
| vehicleMaidenFlight | Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| year | 1992 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: STS-49 Description of subject: STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kevin P. Chilton
this entity surface form:
STS-49 (Intelsat VI retrieval and repair)