Scott J. Kelly

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United States Navy officer astronaut human

Scott J. Kelly is a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for commanding multiple space shuttle and International Space Station missions and for his year-long mission aboard the ISS.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Scott J. Kelly canonical	3
Scott Kelly	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10846215 — 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: Scott J. Kelly
Context triple: [Discovery flight 27, pilot, Scott J. Kelly]

A. Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly is an American musician best known as a founding guitarist and vocalist of the influential post-metal band Neurosis.
B. Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
C. Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
D. Andrew J. Feustel
Andrew J. Feustel is a NASA astronaut and geophysicist known for multiple Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, including servicing work on the Hubble Space Telescope.
E. Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role as Toby Damon on the television drama series "This Is Us."
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: Scott J. Kelly
Target entity description: Scott J. Kelly is a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for commanding multiple space shuttle and International Space Station missions and for his year-long mission aboard the ISS.

A. Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly is an American musician best known as a founding guitarist and vocalist of the influential post-metal band Neurosis.
B. Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
C. Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
D. Andrew J. Feustel
Andrew J. Feustel is a NASA astronaut and geophysicist known for multiple Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, including servicing work on the Hubble Space Telescope.
E. Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role as Toby Damon on the television drama series "This Is Us."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy officer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	State University of New York Maritime College NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Naval Test Pilot School NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ
familyName	Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	human spaceflight ⓘ space medicine research subject ⓘ
givenName	Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
mission	Expedition 25 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 26 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 44 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 45 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 46 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-103 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-118 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	logged nearly one year continuously in space during a single ISS mission ⓘ
notableFor	year-long mission aboard the International Space Station ⓘ
notableWork	Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ
partOf	NASA Twins Study NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	commander of ISS Expedition 26 ⓘ commander of ISS Expedition 45 ⓘ commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-103 ⓘ commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-118 ⓘ commander of the International Space Station ⓘ
relative	Mark Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
retiredFrom	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
selection	NASA Astronaut Group 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Mark Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
spaceAgency	NASA ⓘ
spacecraft	Soyuz TMA-01M NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz TMA-16M NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ
twin	Mark Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Discovery flight 27 → pilot → Scott J. Kelly ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A → pilot → Scott J. Kelly ⓘ

STS-118 → commander → Scott J. Kelly ⓘ

Scott → hasNotableBearer → Scott J. Kelly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scott Kelly

Corrections House → hasMember → Scott J. Kelly ⓘ