Expedition 16
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Expedition 16 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007–2008 that conducted scientific research, maintenance, and assembly operations as part of the station’s ongoing habitation program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Expedition 16 canonical | 8 |
| Expedition 16 (as visiting crew) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11569174 — 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 16 Context triple: [STS-123, visitedISSExpedition, Expedition 16]
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A.
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007 that included NASA astronaut Sunita Williams among its crew.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Expedition 14
Expedition 14 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which NASA astronaut Sunita Williams began her first spaceflight and set early records for spacewalking by a woman.
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E.
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.
- 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 16 Target entity description: Expedition 16 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007–2008 that conducted scientific research, maintenance, and assembly operations as part of the station’s ongoing habitation program.
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A.
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007 that included NASA astronaut Sunita Williams among its crew.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Expedition 14
Expedition 14 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which NASA astronaut Sunita Williams began her first spaceflight and set early records for spacewalking by a woman.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station expedition
ⓘ
long-duration spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| commander |
Peggy Whitson
ⓘ
Yuri Malenchenko ⓘ |
| conductedExtravehicularActivities | yes ⓘ |
| countryOperator |
European Union
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Clayton Anderson
ⓘ
Daniel Tani ⓘ
linked to:
Daniel M. Tani
Garrett Reisman ⓘ Léopold Eyharts ⓘ
linked to:
Leopold Eyharts
Peggy Whitson ⓘ Yuri Malenchenko ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| deputyCommander | Yuri Malenchenko ⓘ |
| destinationOrbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| endDate | 2008-04-19 ⓘ |
| firstCommander | Peggy Whitson ⓘ |
| followedBy | Expedition 17 ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed |
Soyuz TMA-11
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-122 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-122
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-120
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-123 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-123
|
| missionType |
long-duration ISS crew rotation mission
ⓘ
scientific research mission ⓘ space station assembly and maintenance mission ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first woman to command the ISS for a second time was Peggy Whitson ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| partOf | continuous human presence on the International Space Station since 2000 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Expedition 15 ⓘ |
| primaryActivities |
assembly and configuration of new ISS modules and components
ⓘ
maintenance of ISS systems ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| program | International Space Station program ⓘ |
| returnVehicleUsed |
Soyuz TMA-11
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-122 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-122
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-120
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-123 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-123
|
| secondCommander | Yuri Malenchenko ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyInvolved |
ESA
ⓘ
NASA ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ |
| spaceStation | International Space Station ⓘ |
| spacewalksCount | multiple ⓘ |
| startDate | 2007-10-21 ⓘ |
| yearEnd | 2008 ⓘ |
| yearStart | 2007 ⓘ |
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 16 Description of subject: Expedition 16 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007–2008 that conducted scientific research, maintenance, and assembly operations as part of the station’s ongoing habitation program.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Expedition 16