Colin Michael Foale

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British-American person NASA astronaut astronaut astrophysicist human

Colin Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut known for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the International Space Station.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
C. Michael Foale	5
Colin Michael Foale canonical	2
C. Michael Foale returned from Mir	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7797244 — 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: Colin Michael Foale
Context triple: [Michael Foale, name, Colin Michael Foale]

A. Michael Fagan
Michael Fagan is a British man best known for breaking into Buckingham Palace and entering Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom in 1982, one of the most notorious royal security breaches in modern history.
B. Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
C. Ryan Engle
Ryan Engle is an American screenwriter known for penning high-concept action thrillers such as "Non-Stop," "The Commuter," and "Rampage."
D. Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
E. Tim Peake
Tim Peake is a British astronaut, former Army Air Corps officer, and test pilot best known for his 2015–2016 mission to the International Space Station as the first official UK astronaut with the European Space Agency.
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: Colin Michael Foale
Target entity description: Colin Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut known for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the International Space Station.

A. Michael Fagan
Michael Fagan is a British man best known for breaking into Buckingham Palace and entering Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom in 1982, one of the most notorious royal security breaches in modern history.
B. Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
C. Ryan Engle
Ryan Engle is an American screenwriter known for penning high-concept action thrillers such as "Non-Stop," "The Commuter," and "Rampage."
D. Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
E. Tim Peake
Tim Peake is a British astronaut, former Army Air Corps officer, and test pilot best known for his 2015–2016 mission to the International Space Station as the first official UK astronaut with the European Space Agency.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British-American person ⓘ NASA astronaut ⓘ astronaut ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	Queens' College, University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Queens’ College, Cambridge
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1957-01-06 ⓘ
doctoralSubject	astrophysics ⓘ
educatedAt	Queens' College, Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Queens’ College, Cambridge
employer	NASA ⓘ
familyName	Foale ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astrophysics ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Colin ⓘ
hasDoctoralDegree	yes ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
name	Colin Michael Foale ⓘ
nationality	British-American ⓘ
notableEvent	onboard Mir during 1997 collision with Progress resupply ship ⓘ
notableFor	long-duration missions on Space Shuttle, Mir, and ISS ⓘ
notableWork	long-duration mission on International Space Station ⓘ long-duration mission on Mir space station ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ
participatedIn	International Space Station program ⓘ Mir-NASA program ⓘ Space Shuttle program ⓘ linked to: NASA Space Shuttle program
performedSpacewalk	yes ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Louth, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ linked to: Louth, Lincolnshire
recordHeld	at one time, NASA astronaut with most cumulative time in space ⓘ first British-born person to perform a spacewalk ⓘ
retiredFrom	NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
spaceAgency	NASA ⓘ
spaceMission	Expedition 8 ⓘ Mir EO-23 ⓘ Mir EO-24 ⓘ STS-103 ⓘ STS-45 ⓘ STS-56 ⓘ STS-63 ⓘ STS-84 ⓘ STS-86 ⓘ Soyuz TMA-2 ⓘ Soyuz TMA-3 ⓘ
timeInSpace	more than one year cumulative ⓘ

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