STS-70
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STS-70 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G) and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-70 canonical | 5 |
| STS-70 mission to deploy TDRS-G communications satellite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9086368 — 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-70 Context triple: [Nancy J. Currie, spaceMission, STS-70]
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A.
STS-71
STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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B.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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C.
STS-74
STS-74 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that carried Atlantis to the Russian Mir space station to deliver supplies and a docking module as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation.
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D.
STS-73
STS-73 was a 1995 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research in the United States Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2).
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E.
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.
- 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-70 Target entity description: STS-70 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G) and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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A.
STS-71
STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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B.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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C.
STS-74
STS-74 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that carried Atlantis to the Russian Mir space station to deliver supplies and a docking module as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation.
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D.
STS-73
STS-73 was a 1995 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research in the United States Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2).
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| apogee | approximately 262 kilometers ⓘ |
| callSign | Discovery ⓘ |
| commander | Terence T. Henricks ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Donald A. Thomas
ⓘ
Kevin R. Kregel ⓘ Mary Ellen Weber ⓘ Nancy Jane Currie ⓘ
linked to:
Nancy J. Currie
Terence T. Henricks ⓘ |
| crewNationality | American ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| inclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1995-07-22 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
KSC Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1995-07-13 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
ⓘ
LC-39B ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 8 days 22 hours 20 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumberInProgram |
21st flight of Space Shuttle Discovery
ⓘ
70th Space Shuttle mission overall ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature | Woodpecker to commemorate pre-launch damage incident ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Donald A. Thomas
ⓘ
Mary Ellen Weber ⓘ Nancy Jane Currie ⓘ
linked to:
Nancy J. Currie
|
| missionType |
Microgravity research mission
ⓘ
Orbital spaceflight ⓘ Satellite deployment mission ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
First Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B after refurbishment for Shuttle-only operations
ⓘ
Launch delayed due to woodpecker damage to external tank insulation ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbiterVehicle | OV-103 ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 143 ⓘ |
| payload |
Spartan 204 experiments and other microgravity experiments
ⓘ
TDRS-G ⓘ
linked to:
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
|
| perigee | approximately 260 kilometers ⓘ |
| pilot | Kevin R. Kregel ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | Deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G) ⓘ |
| program | Space Transportation System ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| spaceShuttle | Discovery ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleProgram |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| TDRSSOrbitalSlot | TDRS-7 (TDRS-G) in geosynchronous orbit ⓘ |
| TDRSSSatelliteDeployed |
TDRS-G
ⓘ
linked to:
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
|
| TDRSSSeries | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System ⓘ |
| woodpeckerIncident | Northern flicker woodpeckers pecked holes in external tank foam insulation prior to original launch date ⓘ |
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-70 Description of subject: STS-70 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G) and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STS-70