STS-35
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STS-35 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on ultraviolet astronomy, carrying the ASTRO-1 observatory to study celestial objects in ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-35 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8025147 — 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-35 Context triple: [Vance D. Brand, spaceMission, STS-35]
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A.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
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C.
STS-75
STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for the Tethered Satellite System experiment, which studied electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere.
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D.
STS-36
STS-36 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission primarily dedicated to deploying a classified U.S. Department of Defense payload into orbit.
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E.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth 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: STS-35 Target entity description: STS-35 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on ultraviolet astronomy, carrying the ASTRO-1 observatory to study celestial objects in ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths.
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A.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
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C.
STS-75
STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for the Tethered Satellite System experiment, which studied electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere.
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D.
STS-36
STS-36 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission primarily dedicated to deploying a classified U.S. Department of Defense payload into orbit.
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E.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Space Transportation System-35 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
ASTRO-1
NERFINISHED
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Broad Band X-Ray Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Vance D. Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| focus |
X-ray astronomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ultraviolet astronomy ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-37 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1990-12-10 ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Runway 22, Edwards AFB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1990-12-02 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| missionDesignation | STS-35 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
8 days
ⓘ
~213 hours ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John M. Lounge NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert A. R. Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ |
| notable | first dedicated ASTRO observatory mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.5 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist |
Ronald A. Parise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel T. Durrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Guy S. Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | ultraviolet astronomy observations ⓘ |
| primaryPayload | ASTRO-1 observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Space Transportation System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftName | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftSerial | OV-102 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleProgram | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
celestial objects in X-ray wavelengths
ⓘ
celestial objects in ultraviolet wavelengths ⓘ |
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: STS-35 Description of subject: STS-35 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on ultraviolet astronomy, carrying the ASTRO-1 observatory to study celestial objects in ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.