NASA Space Shuttle program
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The NASA Space Shuttle program was the United States' reusable spacecraft initiative that operated from 1981 to 2011, enabling routine human spaceflight, satellite deployment, and International Space Station construction and servicing.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: NASA Space Shuttle program Context triple: [Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, relatedTo, NASA Space Shuttle program]
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NASA
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Falcon 1 rocket
Falcon 1 rocket is a small, privately developed orbital launch vehicle created by SpaceX that became the first privately built liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
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Voyager Golden Record project
The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
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Pioneer plaque project
The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
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Hypersonic Technology Vehicle programs
The Hypersonic Technology Vehicle programs are DARPA-led experimental efforts to develop and test unmanned, ultra–high-speed glide vehicles capable of long-range flight within the atmosphere at hypersonic velocities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: NASA Space Shuttle program Target entity description: The NASA Space Shuttle program was the United States' reusable spacecraft initiative that operated from 1981 to 2011, enabling routine human spaceflight, satellite deployment, and International Space Station construction and servicing.
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NASA
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
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B.
Falcon 1 rocket
Falcon 1 rocket is a small, privately developed orbital launch vehicle created by SpaceX that became the first privately built liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
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Voyager Golden Record project
The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
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Pioneer plaque project
The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
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E.
Hypersonic Technology Vehicle programs
The Hypersonic Technology Vehicle programs are DARPA-led experimental efforts to develop and test unmanned, ultra–high-speed glide vehicles capable of long-range flight within the atmosphere at hypersonic velocities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human spaceflight program
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space transportation system ⓘ |
| cargoBayDiameter | 4.6 meters ⓘ |
| cargoBayLength | 18.3 meters ⓘ |
| Challenger disaster | occurred on 1986-01-28 ⓘ |
| Columbia disaster | occurred on 2003-02-01 ⓘ |
| component |
Space Shuttle Discovery
ⓘ
surface form:
External Tank
Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint ⓘ
surface form:
Solid Rocket Booster
Space Transportation System ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle orbiter
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | up to 7 astronauts ⓘ |
| crewModule | pressurized crew cabin ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Martin Marietta
ⓘ
Johnson Space Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Rockwell International ⓘ Thiokol ⓘ |
| enabledTechnology |
large payload return to Earth
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on-orbit construction ⓘ satellite retrieval and repair ⓘ |
| endTime | 2011 ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlight | STS-1 ⓘ |
| firstLaunchDate | 1981-04-12 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Commercial Crew Program
ⓘ
Space Launch System ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System program
|
| fundingAgency | United States Congress ⓘ |
| inception | 1972 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Edwards Air Force Base
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ White Sands Missile Range ⓘ
surface form:
White Sands Space Harbor
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| lastLaunchDate | 2011-07-08 ⓘ |
| lastMission | STS-135 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 2,000,000 kilograms ⓘ |
| nonReusableComponent | external tank ⓘ |
| notableAccident |
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
ⓘ
surface form:
Challenger disaster
Columbia disaster ⓘ |
| notableMission |
STS-1
ⓘ
STS-107 ⓘ STS-114 ⓘ STS-135 ⓘ STS-41B ⓘ STS-51L ⓘ STS-61 ⓘ STS-88 ⓘ |
| officialName | Space Transportation System ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitInclinationRange | 28.5 to 57 degrees ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Cold War
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post-Apollo era ⓘ |
| precededBy | Apollo program ⓘ |
| primaryLaunchSite |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| propulsion |
Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint
ⓘ
surface form:
Solid Rocket Boosters
Space Shuttle Main Engines ⓘ |
| purpose |
microgravity research
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reusable crewed spaceflight ⓘ satellite deployment ⓘ space station construction ⓘ space station servicing ⓘ |
| reusabilityFeature |
reusable orbiter
ⓘ
reusable solid rocket boosters ⓘ |
| safetyReview |
Columbia Accident Investigation Board
ⓘ
Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
surface form:
Rogers Commission
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| shortName |
NASA Space Shuttle program
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
STS program
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| spacecraftType |
partially reusable launch system
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winged orbiter with solid rocket boosters and external tank ⓘ |
| startTime | 1981 ⓘ |
| totalAstronautsFlown | over 350 ⓘ |
| totalMissions | 135 ⓘ |
| totalOrbits | over 20,000 ⓘ |
| totalPeopleFlown | over 800 ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | over 1300 days ⓘ |
| trainingCenter | Johnson Space Center ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Department of Defense missions
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Hubble Space Telescope deployment ⓘ Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
surface form:
Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
International Space Station assembly ⓘ International Space Station resupply ⓘ Spacelab missions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: NASA Space Shuttle program Description of subject: The NASA Space Shuttle program was the United States' reusable spacecraft initiative that operated from 1981 to 2011, enabling routine human spaceflight, satellite deployment, and International Space Station construction and servicing.
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