Apollo 11 landing site
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The Apollo 11 landing site is the historic location on the Moon where humans first landed and walked during NASA's 1969 mission.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 11 landing site canonical | 3 |
| Apollo 11 landing region in Mare Tranquillitatis | 1 |
| Apollo 11 lunar landing site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6042818 — 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: Apollo 11 landing site Context triple: [Mare Tranquillitatis, containsLandingSite, Apollo 11 landing site]
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A.
Launch Complex 39 Press Site
Launch Complex 39 Press Site is the designated media viewing and reporting area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, providing accredited press with a clear vantage point for observing and covering rocket launches.
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B.
Taurus–Littrow valley
Taurus–Littrow valley is a geologically diverse lunar valley in the Moon’s Taurus Mountains that served as the landing and exploration site for NASA’s Apollo 17 mission.
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C.
Launch Complex 39
Launch Complex 39 is a major NASA launch facility at Kennedy Space Center, best known as the departure site for Apollo Moon missions and Space Shuttle flights.
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D.
Stevenson Landing
Stevenson Landing is a marina and docking facility on the Columbia River serving the city of Stevenson in Washington State.
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E.
Launch Complex 18
Launch Complex 18 is a former U.S. launch facility at Cape Canaveral used primarily for early missile and space vehicle tests during the Cold War era.
- 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: Apollo 11 landing site Target entity description: The Apollo 11 landing site is the historic location on the Moon where humans first landed and walked during NASA's 1969 mission.
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A.
Launch Complex 39 Press Site
Launch Complex 39 Press Site is the designated media viewing and reporting area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, providing accredited press with a clear vantage point for observing and covering rocket launches.
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B.
Taurus–Littrow valley
Taurus–Littrow valley is a geologically diverse lunar valley in the Moon’s Taurus Mountains that served as the landing and exploration site for NASA’s Apollo 17 mission.
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C.
Launch Complex 39
Launch Complex 39 is a major NASA launch facility at Kennedy Space Center, best known as the departure site for Apollo Moon missions and Space Shuttle flights.
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D.
Stevenson Landing
Stevenson Landing is a marina and docking facility on the Columbia River serving the city of Stevenson in Washington State.
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E.
Launch Complex 18
Launch Complex 18 is a former U.S. launch facility at Cape Canaveral used primarily for early missile and space vehicle tests during the Cold War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature on the Moon
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ lunar landing site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tranquility Base ⓘ |
| associatedAstronaut |
Buzz Aldrin
ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ Neil Armstrong ⓘ
linked to:
Neil A. Armstrong
|
| associatedMission | Apollo 11 ⓘ |
| associatedSpacecraft |
Apollo Command and Service Module Columbia
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo Lunar Module Eagle ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle
|
| containsArtifact |
American flag
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
Apollo Lunar Module descent stage ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle
experiment packages ⓘ footprints of astronauts ⓘ laser ranging retroreflector ⓘ mission plaques ⓘ seismometer ⓘ television camera ⓘ tools and equipment ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| declaredNameBy |
Neil Armstrong
ⓘ
linked to:
Neil A. Armstrong
|
| declaredNameDuringEvent |
Apollo 11 lunar landing
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 11
|
| distanceFromLunarEquator | near-equatorial ⓘ |
| elevationRelativeToMeanRadius | approximately −2,400 m ⓘ |
| extravehicularActivityDuration | about 2.5 hours on the surface ⓘ |
| firstHumanLanding | 1969-07-20 ⓘ |
| firstHumanMoonwalk | 1969-07-21 ⓘ |
| firstWordsFromSurface | Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first place where humans landed on another celestial body
ⓘ
first place where humans walked on the Moon ⓘ |
| imagedBy |
Lunar Orbiter missions
ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mare Tranquillitatis
ⓘ
Sea of Tranquility ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| lunarCoordinatesSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| lunarLatitude | 0.67408° N ⓘ |
| lunarLatitudeApprox | 0.674° N ⓘ |
| lunarLongitude | 23.47297° E ⓘ |
| lunarLongitudeApprox | 23.473° E ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tranquility Base ⓘ |
| notVisitedBy | Michael Collins ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| protectedStatusProposedBy | various scientific and heritage organizations ⓘ |
| selectedFor |
safety of landing
ⓘ
scientific interest ⓘ |
| terrainType | relatively flat mare basalt plain ⓘ |
| timeZone | lunar standard of mission elapsed time ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Buzz Aldrin
ⓘ
Neil Armstrong ⓘ
linked to:
Neil A. Armstrong
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Apollo 11 landing site Description of subject: The Apollo 11 landing site is the historic location on the Moon where humans first landed and walked during NASA's 1969 mission.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Apollo 11 landing site
linked to: Apollo 11 landing site