Skylab Orbital Workshop

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habitable module space station module

The Skylab Orbital Workshop was the main habitable module of NASA’s Skylab space station, providing living and working space for astronauts conducting long-duration scientific missions in Earth orbit in the 1970s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Skylab	14
Skylab Orbital Workshop canonical	10
Skylab space station	9
Skylab orbital workshop	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5624406 — 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: Skylab Orbital Workshop
Context triple: [Skylab 2, dockingTarget, Skylab Orbital Workshop]

A. Skylab 1
Skylab 1 was the 1973 mission that launched the United States' first space station, Skylab, into Earth orbit.
B. Skylab 2
Skylab 2 was the first crewed mission to the United States' Skylab space station, during which astronauts repaired and activated the damaged orbital workshop and conducted extensive scientific experiments.
C. Skylab 4
Skylab 4 was the third and final crewed mission to the United States' Skylab space station, notable for its long-duration stay in orbit and extensive scientific experiments.
D. Manned Orbiting Laboratory
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force program to develop a crewed military space station for reconnaissance and other defense-related missions, ultimately canceled before any operational flights.
E. Skylab 3
Skylab 3 was the second crewed mission to the United States' Skylab space station, during which astronauts conducted extensive scientific experiments and spacewalks in 1973.
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: Skylab Orbital Workshop
Target entity description: The Skylab Orbital Workshop was the main habitable module of NASA’s Skylab space station, providing living and working space for astronauts conducting long-duration scientific missions in Earth orbit in the 1970s.

A. Skylab 1
Skylab 1 was the 1973 mission that launched the United States' first space station, Skylab, into Earth orbit.
B. Skylab 2
Skylab 2 was the first crewed mission to the United States' Skylab space station, during which astronauts repaired and activated the damaged orbital workshop and conducted extensive scientific experiments.
C. Skylab 4
Skylab 4 was the third and final crewed mission to the United States' Skylab space station, notable for its long-duration stay in orbit and extensive scientific experiments.
D. Manned Orbiting Laboratory
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force program to develop a crewed military space station for reconnaissance and other defense-related missions, ultimately canceled before any operational flights.
E. Skylab 3
Skylab 3 was the second crewed mission to the United States' Skylab space station, during which astronauts conducted extensive scientific experiments and spacewalks in 1973.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	habitable module ⓘ space station module ⓘ
apogee	approximately 455 kilometers at launch ⓘ
associatedMission	Skylab 2 ⓘ Skylab 3 ⓘ Skylab 4 ⓘ
countryOfOperator	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crewSupportSystems	environmental control and life support system ⓘ exercise equipment ⓘ food preparation facilities ⓘ sleeping quarters ⓘ waste management system ⓘ water management system ⓘ
derivedFrom	Saturn V S-IVB stage ⓘ linked to: S-IVB
diameter	approximately 6.6 meters ⓘ
era	1970s ⓘ
firstCrewArrivalDate	1973-05-25 ⓘ
inclination	approximately 50 degrees ⓘ
lastCrewDepartureDate	1974-02-08 ⓘ
launchDate	1973-05-14 ⓘ
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle	Saturn V ⓘ
length	approximately 24.6 meters ⓘ
mass	approximately 77,000 kilograms ⓘ
notableFeature	first U.S. space station habitable workshop ⓘ integrated with Apollo Telescope Mount via multiple docking adapter ⓘ large open interior volume for crew activities ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbit	low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbitRegime	near-circular low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf	Skylab ⓘ linked to: Skylab Orbital Workshop
perigee	approximately 433 kilometers at launch ⓘ
powerGeneration	photovoltaic solar arrays ⓘ
powerSource	solar panels ⓘ
pressurizedVolume	approximately 283 cubic meters ⓘ
primaryFunction	living quarters for astronauts ⓘ work area for scientific experiments ⓘ
program	Skylab program ⓘ
reentryCause	orbital decay due to atmospheric drag ⓘ
reentryDate	1979-07-11 ⓘ
reentryLocation	over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia ⓘ
scientificFacilities	Earth resources experiment equipment ⓘ life sciences experiment facilities ⓘ materials science experiment racks ⓘ medical experiment equipment ⓘ
spaceAgency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ linked to: NASA
spaceStationRole	main habitable module of Skylab ⓘ
structureType	converted Saturn V upper stage ⓘ
totalCrewedOccupationTime	approximately 171 days ⓘ

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