STS-63
E720011
STS-63 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for its close rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation efforts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-63 canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7797264 — 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: STS-63 Context triple: [Michael Foale, spaceMission, STS-63]
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A.
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.
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B.
STS-65
STS-65 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research, highlighted by the International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) science payload.
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C.
STS-67
STS-67 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on ultraviolet astronomy as part of the Astro-2 observatory program.
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D.
STS-61
STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission best known for successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of complex spacewalks.
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E.
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.
- 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: STS-63 Target entity description: STS-63 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for its close rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation efforts.
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A.
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.
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B.
STS-65
STS-65 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research, highlighted by the International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) science payload.
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C.
STS-67
STS-67 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on ultraviolet astronomy as part of the Astro-2 observatory program.
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D.
STS-61
STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission best known for successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of complex spacewalks.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Discovery ⓘ |
| closestApproachDistanceToMir | about 11 meters ⓘ |
| commander | James D. Wetherbee ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewNationality |
American
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| crewSize | 6 ⓘ |
| EVA |
First spacewalk by an African-American astronaut
ⓘ
Spacewalk by Bernard A. Harris Jr. and Michael Foale ⓘ Two spacewalks ⓘ |
| EVAObjective | Test spacesuit modifications and tools for future missions ⓘ |
| experimentType |
life sciences experiments
ⓘ
materials science experiments ⓘ microgravity research ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-67 ⓘ |
| internationalCooperation | United States–Russia space cooperation ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1995-02-11 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1995-02-03 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
8 days
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8 days 6 hours 28 minutes ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature |
American and Russian symbols
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery and Mir ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle–Mir Program
|
| missionSpecialist |
Bernard A. Harris Jr.
ⓘ
C. Michael Foale ⓘ Janice E. Voss ⓘ Michael Foale ⓘ Vladimir G. Titov ⓘ
linked to:
Vladimir Titov
William G. Gregory ⓘ |
| missionType |
Shuttle–Mir test flight
ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle–Mir Program
rendezvous with Mir ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
First African-American spacewalk (Bernard Harris)
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First female Shuttle pilot (Eileen Collins) ⓘ First rendezvous of Space Shuttle with Mir without docking ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbiter | Discovery ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shuttle–Mir program
ⓘ
linked to:
Shuttle–Mir Program
|
| payload |
OAST-Flyer
ⓘ
SPARTAN-204 free-flyer ⓘ
linked to:
Spartan-1 free-flying platform
Spacehab-3 module ⓘ
linked to:
SPACEHAB Research Double Module
|
| pilot |
Eileen M. Collins
ⓘ
linked to:
Eileen Collins
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| precededBy | STS-66 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
Conduct microgravity experiments
ⓘ
Rendezvous with Mir to test procedures for future dockings ⓘ |
| program |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| secondaryObjective |
Demonstrate new rendezvous and navigation techniques
ⓘ
Test Spacehab module operations ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| spaceStationRendezvous | Mir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: STS-63 Description of subject: STS-63 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for its close rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation efforts.
Referenced by (12)
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