STS-79
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STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-79 canonical | 17 |
| Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-79 | 2 |
| STS-79 crew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5050269 — 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-79 Context triple: [Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission, STS-79]
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A.
STS-71
STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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B.
STS-49
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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C.
STS-74
STS-74 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that carried Atlantis to the Russian Mir space station to deliver supplies and a docking module as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation.
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D.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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E.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
- 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-79 Target entity description: STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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A.
STS-71
STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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B.
STS-49
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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C.
STS-74
STS-74 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that carried Atlantis to the Russian Mir space station to deliver supplies and a docking module as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation.
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D.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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E.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Atlantis ⓘ |
| cargo |
Experiments and equipment for Shuttle–Mir program
ⓘ
Logistics and supplies for Mir ⓘ |
| commander | William F. Readdy ⓘ |
| crewSize | 6 ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 1996-09-18 ⓘ |
| dockingTarget | Mir ⓘ |
| internationalCooperation | United States–Russia space cooperation ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1996-09-26 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ |
| landingTimeUTC | 1996-09-26T12:13:15Z ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1996-09-16 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchTimeUTC | 1996-09-16T08:54:49Z ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 10 days 3 hours 18 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 79 ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Carl E. Walz
ⓘ
Jay Apt ⓘ Shannon W. Lucid ⓘ
linked to:
Shannon Lucid
Thomas D. Akers ⓘ |
| missionType |
Logistics to space station
ⓘ
Shuttle–Mir docking mission ⓘ |
| nextMission | STS-80 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
First Shuttle mission to exchange a U.S. long-duration crew member on Mir
ⓘ
Returning Shannon Lucid after a long-duration stay on Mir ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | approximately 394 km ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitingBody | Earth ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | approximately 377 km ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 159 ⓘ |
| pilot | Terrence W. Wilcutt ⓘ |
| previousMission | STS-78 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
Deliver supplies and equipment to Mir
ⓘ
Return astronaut Shannon Lucid from Mir to Earth ⓘ |
| program |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| programPhase |
Shuttle–Mir program
ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle–Mir Program
|
| returnedAstronaut |
Shannon W. Lucid
ⓘ
linked to:
Shannon Lucid
|
| secondaryObjective | Conduct scientific experiments in orbit ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyPartner |
Russian Space Agency
ⓘ
linked to:
Roscosmos
|
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ |
| spacecraftSerial | OV-104 ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Orbiter Vehicle ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisited | Mir ⓘ |
| undockingDate | 1996-09-23 ⓘ |
| yearOfMission | 1996 ⓘ |
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-79 Description of subject: STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STS-79
linked to: STS-79
linked to: STS-79