International Space Station Expedition 26

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International Space Station expedition space mission

International Space Station Expedition 26 was a long-duration mission aboard the ISS during 2010–2011, involving an international crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Expedition 26	5
International Space Station Expedition 25	1
International Space Station Expedition 26 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4986134 — 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: International Space Station Expedition 26
Context triple: [STS-133, visitedSpaceStation, International Space Station Expedition 26]

A. Expedition 28
Expedition 28 was a long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station in 2011, overseeing scientific research and station operations during the final flights of the Space Shuttle program.
B. STS-130
STS-130 was a 2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to the International Space Station that delivered and installed the Tranquility node and the Cupola observatory module.
C. STS-122
STS-122 was a 2008 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the International Space Station that delivered and installed the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory module.
D. STS-124
STS-124 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station in 2008 that delivered and installed Japan’s Kibo laboratory module.
E. STS-128
STS-128 was a 2009 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station that delivered supplies, equipment, and a new crew member as part of the station’s assembly and resupply efforts.
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: International Space Station Expedition 26
Target entity description: International Space Station Expedition 26 was a long-duration mission aboard the ISS during 2010–2011, involving an international crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.

A. Expedition 28
Expedition 28 was a long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station in 2011, overseeing scientific research and station operations during the final flights of the Space Shuttle program.
B. STS-130
STS-130 was a 2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to the International Space Station that delivered and installed the Tranquility node and the Cupola observatory module.
C. STS-122
STS-122 was a 2008 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the International Space Station that delivered and installed the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory module.
D. STS-124
STS-124 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station in 2008 that delivered and installed Japan’s Kibo laboratory module.
E. STS-128
STS-128 was a 2009 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station that delivered supplies, equipment, and a new crew member as part of the station’s assembly and resupply efforts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Space Station expedition ⓘ space mission ⓘ
associatedSpaceStationModule	Cupola ⓘ linked to: Cupola observatory Destiny Laboratory Module ⓘ linked to: Destiny laboratory Tranquility Node 3 ⓘ linked to: Node 3 (Tranquility) Zarya ⓘ Zvezda ⓘ
commander	Scott Kelly ⓘ linked to: Scott J. Kelly
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crewMember	Alexander Kaleri ⓘ Catherine Coleman ⓘ linked to: Catherine G. Coleman Dmitri Kondratyev ⓘ Oleg Skripochka ⓘ Paolo Nespoli ⓘ Scott Kelly ⓘ linked to: Scott J. Kelly
crewSize	6 ⓘ
endTime	2011-03-16 ⓘ
followedBy	International Space Station Expedition 27 ⓘ linked to: Expedition 27
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 ⓘ linked to: Baikonur Cosmodrome Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle	Soyuz-FG ⓘ linked to: Soyuz rocket Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 ⓘ linked to: Space Shuttle Discovery
location	International Space Station ⓘ low Earth orbit ⓘ
missionIncludes	STS-133 ⓘ
missionType	long-duration ISS expedition ⓘ
name	Expedition 26 ⓘ linked to: International Space Station Expedition 26
notableEvent	final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-133 docked with ISS ⓘ
operatedBy	CSA ⓘ ESA ⓘ JAXA ⓘ linked to: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NASA ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ
orbitRegime	low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf	International Space Station program ⓘ
precededBy	International Space Station Expedition 25 ⓘ linked to: International Space Station Expedition 26
primaryObjective	International Space Station maintenance ⓘ scientific research in microgravity ⓘ
researchField	Earth observation ⓘ human physiology in microgravity ⓘ materials science in space ⓘ
spaceAgencyOfCommander	NASA ⓘ
spacecraftUsed	Soyuz TMA-01M ⓘ Soyuz TMA-20 ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
startTime	2010-11-26 ⓘ

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