Shenzhou crewed spacecraft

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Chinese space program asset crewed spacecraft space vehicle

The Shenzhou crewed spacecraft is China’s primary human spaceflight vehicle, used to transport taikonauts to low Earth orbit and support the nation’s long-term space station program.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Shenzhou program	8
Shenzhou spacecraft	8
Shenzhou crewed spacecraft canonical	5
Shenzhou crewed missions	1
Shenzhou crewed spacecraft launches	1
Shenzhou crewed spacecraft missions	1
Shenzhou crewed spacecraft program	1
Shenzhou spacecraft (fictional use)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7871238 — 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: Shenzhou crewed spacecraft
Context triple: [China Manned Space Agency, notableProject, Shenzhou crewed spacecraft]

A. Tianzhou cargo spacecraft
The Tianzhou cargo spacecraft is a Chinese automated freighter designed to deliver supplies, equipment, and fuel to support long-term operations of China’s Tiangong space station.
B. Shenzhou 12
Shenzhou 12 was a Chinese crewed spacecraft mission that carried three astronauts to the Tiangong space station as part of China’s expanding human spaceflight program.
C. Mengtian
Mengtian is a Chinese space laboratory module that forms part of the Tiangong space station, supporting scientific experiments and research in orbit.
D. Tiangong space station
The Tiangong space station is China’s modular, permanently crewed orbital outpost that serves as the centerpiece of its independent human spaceflight and research program in low Earth orbit.
E. Wentian
Wentian is a Chinese space laboratory module that serves as a key component of the Tiangong space station, providing additional research facilities, living space, and support systems for taikonauts in orbit.
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: Shenzhou crewed spacecraft
Target entity description: The Shenzhou crewed spacecraft is China’s primary human spaceflight vehicle, used to transport taikonauts to low Earth orbit and support the nation’s long-term space station program.

A. Tianzhou cargo spacecraft
The Tianzhou cargo spacecraft is a Chinese automated freighter designed to deliver supplies, equipment, and fuel to support long-term operations of China’s Tiangong space station.
B. Shenzhou 12
Shenzhou 12 was a Chinese crewed spacecraft mission that carried three astronauts to the Tiangong space station as part of China’s expanding human spaceflight program.
C. Mengtian
Mengtian is a Chinese space laboratory module that forms part of the Tiangong space station, supporting scientific experiments and research in orbit.
D. Tiangong space station
The Tiangong space station is China’s modular, permanently crewed orbital outpost that serves as the centerpiece of its independent human spaceflight and research program in low Earth orbit.
E. Wentian
Wentian is a Chinese space laboratory module that serves as a key component of the Tiangong space station, providing additional research facilities, living space, and support systems for taikonauts in orbit.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese space program asset ⓘ crewed spacecraft ⓘ space vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
crewCapacity	3 ⓘ
designInspiredBy	Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
destinationOrbit	low Earth orbit ⓘ
dockingSystem	Chinese androgynous docking system ⓘ linked to: APAS docking system
firstCrewedAstronaut	Yang Liwei ⓘ
firstCrewedFlight	Shenzhou 5 ⓘ
firstCrewedFlightDate	2003-10-15 ⓘ
firstFlight	Shenzhou 1 ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1999-11-19 ⓘ
hasModule	orbital module ⓘ reentry module ⓘ service module ⓘ
launchComplex	Launch Area 4 ⓘ
launchPad	Site 921 ⓘ
launchSite	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ⓘ
launchVehicle	Long March 2F ⓘ
manufacturer	China Academy of Space Technology ⓘ
missionDurationCapability	up to about 20 days independent flight ⓘ up to about 6 months docked to a space station ⓘ
notableMission	Shenzhou 10 ⓘ linked to: Shenzhou 10 mission Shenzhou 11 ⓘ Shenzhou 12 ⓘ Shenzhou 13 ⓘ Shenzhou 14 ⓘ Shenzhou 15 ⓘ Shenzhou 16 ⓘ Shenzhou 17 ⓘ Shenzhou 5 ⓘ Shenzhou 6 ⓘ linked to: Shenzhou 6 mission Shenzhou 7 ⓘ linked to: Shenzhou 7 mission Shenzhou 9 ⓘ linked to: Shenzhou 9 mission
operator	China Manned Space Agency ⓘ China National Space Administration ⓘ
partOf	China’s long-term space station program ⓘ linked to: China's crewed spaceflight program
primaryMission	human spaceflight to low Earth orbit ⓘ support Chinese space station operations ⓘ transport taikonauts to space ⓘ
program	China Manned Space Program ⓘ linked to: China's crewed spaceflight program Chinese human spaceflight program ⓘ
spaceAgency	China Manned Space Agency ⓘ China National Space Administration ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
successorTo	uncrewed Chinese test spacecraft ⓘ
supportsProgram	Chinese large modular space station ⓘ Chinese space station program ⓘ linked to: Chinese space program Tiangong space station ⓘ Tiangong-1 ⓘ Tiangong-2 ⓘ linked to: Tiangong-2 space laboratory
usedFor	crew transport ⓘ long-duration missions in low Earth orbit ⓘ orbital rendezvous and docking ⓘ space station crew rotation ⓘ spaceflight experiments ⓘ