NS-16 mission
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The NS-16 mission was Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, carrying Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to the edge of space on July 20, 2021.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NS-16 mission canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7113826 — 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: NS-16 mission Context triple: [Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20, alsoKnownAs, NS-16 mission]
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A.
STS-51-F
STS-51-F was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for its Spacelab 2 scientific payload and an in-flight main engine shutdown that led to the first use of an Abort to Orbit procedure.
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B.
STS-60
STS-60 was a 1994 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable as the first joint U.S.–Russian crewed spaceflight, carrying Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
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C.
STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
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D.
Project Juno mission to Mir
Project Juno mission to Mir was a 1991 British-Soviet spaceflight that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Mir space station.
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E.
STS-66
STS-66 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on studying Earth's atmosphere and climate using the ATLAS-3 payload and related experiments.
- 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: NS-16 mission Target entity description: The NS-16 mission was Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, carrying Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to the edge of space on July 20, 2021.
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A.
STS-51-F
STS-51-F was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for its Spacelab 2 scientific payload and an in-flight main engine shutdown that led to the first use of an Abort to Orbit procedure.
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B.
STS-60
STS-60 was a 1994 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable as the first joint U.S.–Russian crewed spaceflight, carrying Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
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C.
STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
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D.
Project Juno mission to Mir
Project Juno mission to Mir was a 1991 British-Soviet spaceflight that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Mir space station.
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E.
STS-66
STS-66 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on studying Earth's atmosphere and climate using the ATLAS-3 payload and related experiments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Shepard flight
ⓘ
crewed suborbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| apogee |
above 100 kilometers
ⓘ
above Kármán line ⓘ |
| booster | New Shepard booster ⓘ |
| boosterRecovery | successfully landed ⓘ |
| capsuleRecovery | parachute-assisted landing ⓘ |
| countryOfLaunch |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Jeff Bezos
ⓘ
Mark Bezos ⓘ Oliver Daemen ⓘ Wally Funk ⓘ |
| crewNationality |
American
ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ |
| crewRoleOfJeffBezos |
founder of Amazon
ⓘ
founder of Blue Origin ⓘ |
| crewRoleOfMarkBezos | passenger ⓘ |
| crewRoleOfOliverDaemen | paying customer ⓘ |
| crewRoleOfWallyFunk |
Mercury 13 member
ⓘ
aviator ⓘ |
| crewSize | 4 ⓘ |
| edgeOfSpaceReached | yes ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlightForCompany | Blue Origin ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlightOf |
New Shepard system
ⓘ
linked to:
New Shepard
|
| flightOutcome | success ⓘ |
| flightProfile | vertical launch and vertical landing ⓘ |
| landingSite | near Launch Site One, Texas ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2021-07-20 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Blue Origin Launch Site One
ⓘ
Corn Ranch ⓘ Van Horn, Texas ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | New Shepard ⓘ |
| missionDuration | approximately 10 minutes ⓘ |
| missionType |
commercial human spaceflight
ⓘ
suborbital tourism flight ⓘ |
| notableAs |
first crewed New Shepard flight
ⓘ
first time Jeff Bezos flew to space ⓘ |
| operator | Blue Origin ⓘ |
| organizationFounderOnBoard | Jeff Bezos ⓘ |
| passenger |
Jeff Bezos
ⓘ
Mark Bezos ⓘ Oliver Daemen ⓘ Wally Funk ⓘ |
| purpose |
commercial space tourism demonstration
ⓘ
demonstrate crewed capability of New Shepard ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
New Shepard program
ⓘ
linked to:
New Shepard
|
| relativeAgeRecord |
Oliver Daemen became youngest person to reach space at time of flight
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Wally Funk became oldest person to reach space at time of flight ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
New Shepard crew capsule
ⓘ
linked to:
New Shepard
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: NS-16 mission Description of subject: The NS-16 mission was Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, carrying Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to the edge of space on July 20, 2021.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20