Expedition 2
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Expedition 2 was the second long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station, focused on continued assembly, scientific research, and station operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Expedition 2 canonical | 10 |
| Expedition 2 crew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11461039 — 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: Expedition 2 Context triple: [STS-100, issExpeditionInteraction, Expedition 2]
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A.
Expedition 20
Expedition 20 was a long-duration International Space Station mission that marked the first time the station was continuously staffed by a six-person crew.
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B.
Expedition 6
Expedition 6 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in the early 2000s that conducted scientific research and station maintenance with a three-person crew.
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C.
Expedition 18
Expedition 18 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Expedition 8
Expedition 8 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a small crew lived and worked in orbit, conducting scientific research and station maintenance.
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E.
Expedition 13
Expedition 13 was a long-duration crew mission to the International Space Station in 2006, focused on station maintenance, scientific research, and preparation for future exploration.
- 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: Expedition 2 Target entity description: Expedition 2 was the second long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station, focused on continued assembly, scientific research, and station operations.
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A.
Expedition 20
Expedition 20 was a long-duration International Space Station mission that marked the first time the station was continuously staffed by a six-person crew.
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B.
Expedition 6
Expedition 6 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in the early 2000s that conducted scientific research and station maintenance with a three-person crew.
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C.
Expedition 18
Expedition 18 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Expedition 8
Expedition 8 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a small crew lived and worked in orbit, conducting scientific research and station maintenance.
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E.
Expedition 13
Expedition 13 was a long-duration crew mission to the International Space Station in 2006, focused on station maintenance, scientific research, and preparation for future exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station expedition
ⓘ
long-duration spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| commander | Yury Usachov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Russia
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
James S. Voss
ⓘ
Susan J. Helms ⓘ
linked to:
Susan Helms
Yury Usachov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 2001-03-10 ⓘ |
| duration | ~163 days ⓘ |
| flightEngineer |
James S. Voss
ⓘ
Susan J. Helms ⓘ
linked to:
Susan Helms
|
| followedBy | Expedition 3 ⓘ |
| inclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2001-03-08 ⓘ |
| launchMission | STS-102 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| missionType | crewed ⓘ |
| moduleUsed |
Destiny laboratory module
ⓘ
linked to:
Destiny laboratory
Unity node ⓘ Zarya functional cargo block ⓘ
linked to:
Zarya Functional Cargo Block
Zvezda service module ⓘ |
| notableRecord | longest spacewalk at the time (about 8 hours 56 minutes) ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
Roscosmos ⓘ |
| orbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOfProgram | International Space Station program ⓘ |
| precededBy | Expedition 1 ⓘ |
| primaryObjectives |
continued assembly of the International Space Station
ⓘ
scientific research in microgravity ⓘ station systems operations and maintenance ⓘ |
| returnDate | 2001-08-22 ⓘ |
| returnMission | STS-105 ⓘ |
| returnVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| scienceFocus |
Earth observation
ⓘ
human life sciences ⓘ materials science ⓘ technology demonstrations ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyInvolvement |
NASA
ⓘ
Roscosmos ⓘ |
| spaceStation | International Space Station ⓘ |
| spacewalkLocation | International Space Station exterior ⓘ |
| spacewalkParticipants |
James S. Voss
ⓘ
Susan J. Helms ⓘ
linked to:
Susan Helms
|
| spacewalksConducted | 3 ⓘ |
| undockingDate | 2001-08-20 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Expedition 2 Description of subject: Expedition 2 was the second long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station, focused on continued assembly, scientific research, and station operations.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Yury Usachov – Roscosmos
subject linked to:
Expedition 1 to the International Space Station
subject linked to:
Space Shuttle mission STS-102
linked to: Expedition 2