Apollo 13
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Apollo 13 was a 1970 NASA lunar mission that famously suffered an in-flight oxygen tank explosion, forcing the crew and mission control to improvise a safe return to Earth.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 13 canonical | 31 |
| Apollo 13 mission | 8 |
| Apollo 13 flight control teams | 1 |
| Apollo 13 in-flight accident | 1 |
| Apollo 13 lunar mission | 1 |
| Apollo 13 mission reports | 1 |
| Apollo 13 mission, April 11–17, 1970 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10787745 — 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: Apollo 13 Context triple: [Apollo Guidance Computer, notableMission, Apollo 13]
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A.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film that dramatizes NASA’s ill-fated 1970 lunar mission and the astronauts’ struggle to return safely to Earth.
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B.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the 1968 NASA mission that first carried humans into orbit around the Moon, marking a pivotal milestone in the space race and lunar exploration.
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C.
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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D.
Return to the Moon
Return to the Moon is the debut studio album by indie rock duo EL VY, a collaboration between The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf.
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E.
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was a 1969 NASA mission that served as a full dress rehearsal for the first Moon landing, testing all lunar operations except the actual touchdown.
- 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: Apollo 13 Target entity description: Apollo 13 was a 1970 NASA lunar mission that famously suffered an in-flight oxygen tank explosion, forcing the crew and mission control to improvise a safe return to Earth.
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A.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film that dramatizes NASA’s ill-fated 1970 lunar mission and the astronauts’ struggle to return safely to Earth.
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B.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the 1968 NASA mission that first carried humans into orbit around the Moon, marking a pivotal milestone in the space race and lunar exploration.
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C.
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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D.
Return to the Moon
Return to the Moon is the debut studio album by indie rock duo EL VY, a collaboration between The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf.
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E.
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was a 1969 NASA mission that served as a full dress rehearsal for the first Moon landing, testing all lunar operations except the actual touchdown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo program mission
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crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| backupCommandModulePilot |
John L. Swigert Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Swigert
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| causalFactorOfAccident | damaged oxygen tank and thermostat switch issue ⓘ |
| closestApproachToMoon | about 254 kilometers above lunar surface ⓘ |
| commander |
James A. Lovell Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Lovell
|
| commandModule | Odyssey ⓘ |
| commandModulePilot |
John L. Swigert Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Swigert
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Fred W. Haise Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Fred Haise
James A. Lovell Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Lovell
John L. Swigert Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Swigert
|
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarthMax | about 400,171 kilometers ⓘ |
| famousQuote | Houston, we’ve had a problem ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apollo 14 ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1970-04-17 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1970-04-11 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchTimeUTC | 19:13:00 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V ⓘ |
| lunarModule | Aquarius ⓘ |
| lunarModuleManufacturer |
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Grumman
|
| lunarModulePilot |
Fred W. Haise Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Fred Haise
|
| mediaAdaptation |
1995 film "Apollo 13"
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 13
book "Lost Moon" (later retitled "Apollo 13") by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 5 days 22 hours 54 minutes ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | failed lunar landing, successful crew recovery ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar landing mission ⓘ |
| notableFor |
demonstration of NASA mission control problem-solving under crisis
ⓘ
successful failure ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| originalCommandModulePilot | Thomas K. Mattingly II ⓘ |
| oxygenTankExplosion | occurred in service module oxygen tank 2 ⓘ |
| oxygenTankExplosionDate | 1970-04-14 ⓘ |
| oxygenTankExplosionMissionElapsedTime | about 55 hours after launch ⓘ |
| plannedLandingSite | Fra Mauro formation on the Moon ⓘ |
| precededBy | Apollo 12 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | perform a crewed lunar landing at Fra Mauro ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) ⓘ |
| reentryModule |
command module Odyssey
ⓘ
linked to:
Command Module of Odyssey
|
| resultOfAccident |
aborted lunar landing
ⓘ
power and water conservation procedures ⓘ use of lunar module as lifeboat ⓘ |
| secondaryObjective |
conduct lunar surface scientific experiments
ⓘ
deploy and operate Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) ⓘ photograph and survey the lunar surface ⓘ |
| serviceModuleJettisonTime | just before Earth reentry on 1970-04-17 ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer |
North American Rockwell
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linked to:
Rockwell International
|
| trajectoryChange | free-return trajectory around the Moon ⓘ |
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: Apollo 13 Description of subject: Apollo 13 was a 1970 NASA lunar mission that famously suffered an in-flight oxygen tank explosion, forcing the crew and mission control to improvise a safe return to Earth.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Saturn rocket family
subject linked to:
Haise
subject linked to:
Thomas Haise
subject linked to:
autobiography "Never Panic Early"
subject linked to:
autobiography "Never Panic Early"
linked to: Apollo 13
subject linked to:
Swigert
subject linked to:
Swigert
subject linked to:
Mary Haise
subject linked to:
Saturn V instrument unit
subject linked to:
crater Mendeleev on the Moon
linked to: Apollo 13
subject linked to:
archival-based Apollo program documentary For All Mankind
linked to: Apollo 13
linked to: Apollo 13
Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
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mainSubject
→
Apollo 13 mission
ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 13
subject linked to:
Presidential Medal of Freedom (as part of Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
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awardedTo
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Apollo 13 flight control teams
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subject linked to:
Presidential Medal of Freedom (as part of Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
linked to: Apollo 13
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
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associatedWithMission
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Apollo 13 lunar mission
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Presidential Medal of Freedom (as part of Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
linked to: Apollo 13
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
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awardedForPeriod
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Apollo 13 mission, April 11–17, 1970
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Presidential Medal of Freedom (as part of Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team)
linked to: Apollo 13
linked to: Apollo 13
linked to: Apollo 13
linked to: Apollo 13
subject linked to:
Service Propulsion System (SPS)