Orion spacecraft
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The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496864 — 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: Orion spacecraft Context triple: [Artemis program, usesSpacecraft, Orion spacecraft]
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A.
Dragon spacecraft
The Dragon spacecraft is SpaceX’s reusable cargo and crew capsule designed to transport supplies and astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
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B.
Starliner spacecraft
The Starliner spacecraft is Boeing’s crewed space capsule designed to transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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Starship Human Landing System
The Starship Human Landing System is NASA’s selected lunar lander variant of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface for Artemis missions.
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D.
Space Shuttle orbiter
The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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E.
LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
- 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: Orion spacecraft Target entity description: The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
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A.
Dragon spacecraft
The Dragon spacecraft is SpaceX’s reusable cargo and crew capsule designed to transport supplies and astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
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B.
Starliner spacecraft
The Starliner spacecraft is Boeing’s crewed space capsule designed to transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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Starship Human Landing System
The Starship Human Landing System is NASA’s selected lunar lander variant of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface for Artemis missions.
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Space Shuttle orbiter
The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spacecraft
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crewed spacecraft ⓘ space capsule ⓘ |
| abortSystemType | launch escape system ⓘ |
| ArtemisILaunchDate | 2022-11-16 ⓘ |
| ArtemisIMissionType | uncrewed lunar test flight ⓘ |
| ArtemisISplashdownDate | 2022-12-11 ⓘ |
| communications | deep space communication systems ⓘ |
| component |
crew module
ⓘ
launch abort system ⓘ service module ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 4 astronauts ⓘ |
| crewCapacityMaximum | 6 astronauts (short duration) ⓘ |
| designedFor |
crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit
ⓘ
future Mars missions ⓘ lunar missions ⓘ |
| designedMissionDuration | up to 21 days with crew ⓘ |
| dockingCapability | NASA Docking System compatible ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlight | Artemis II ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2014-12-05 ⓘ |
| firstFlightMission | Exploration Flight Test 1 ⓘ |
| firstFlightType | uncrewed test flight ⓘ |
| guidanceNavigationControl | advanced avionics and autonomous navigation ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| intendedDestination |
Mars
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surface form:
Mars (long-term goal)
Moon ⓘ cislunar space ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Delta IV Heavy
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surface form:
Delta IV Heavy (for EFT-1)
Space Launch System ⓘ |
| lifeSupport | environmental control and life support system ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin Space ⓘ |
| notableMission | Artemis I ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar arrays ⓘ |
| previousProgramAssociation | Constellation program ⓘ |
| primaryMission | deep space exploration ⓘ |
| program | Artemis program ⓘ |
| programGoal | enable sustained human presence beyond low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| propulsionType | service module main engine and auxiliary thrusters ⓘ |
| reentryCapability | high-speed reentry from lunar and deep-space trajectories ⓘ |
| reentrySpeedCapability | approximately 11 km/s ⓘ |
| serviceModuleManufacturer |
Airbus
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surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
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| serviceModuleProvider | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successorTo |
Apollo command and service module
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surface form:
Apollo command and service module (role-wise)
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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: Orion spacecraft Description of subject: The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
subject surface form:
NASA Docking System
subject surface form:
NASA Docking System
this entity surface form:
Orion spacecraft (planned)
this entity surface form:
Orion life support systems
this entity surface form:
Orion life support systems (uncrewed configuration)
this entity surface form:
Orion power and propulsion
this entity surface form:
Orion crew vehicle
this entity surface form:
Orion crew module
subject surface form:
Space Launch System
this entity surface form:
Orion Stage Adapter
this entity surface form:
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
this entity surface form:
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
this entity surface form:
Orion spacecraft program
subject surface form:
Ares I-X
subject surface form:
NASA
this entity surface form:
Orion spacecraft program
this entity surface form:
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle test article
this entity surface form:
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
this entity surface form:
Orion crew module
this entity surface form:
Orion crew module
this entity surface form:
Orion crew capsule
this entity surface form:
Orion pressure vessel