Vance D. Brand – STS-5
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Vance D. Brand – STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the first operational flight of the Shuttle program, commanded by astronaut Vance D. Brand aboard Columbia in November 1982.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vance D. Brand – STS-35 | 1 |
| Vance D. Brand – STS-5 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13040108 — 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: Vance D. Brand – STS-5 Context triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 6, memberFlewOnMission, Vance D. Brand – STS-5]
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A.
Jack R. Lousma – STS-3
Jack R. Lousma – STS-3 was the third Space Shuttle mission, commanded by NASA astronaut Jack R. Lousma, that tested the capabilities and systems of the Space Shuttle Columbia in early 1982.
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B.
Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4
Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 was the final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, commanded by astronaut Gerald P. Carr and notable for setting a then-record for the longest human spaceflight.
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C.
F. Story Musgrave
F. Story Musgrave is a former NASA astronaut, physician, and engineer renowned for his extensive spaceflight career and key role in repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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D.
Jerry Linenger
Jerry Linenger is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy flight surgeon best known for his long-duration, often perilous mission aboard the Russian Mir space station in the late 1990s.
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E.
Bruce McCandless I
Bruce McCandless I was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II, particularly in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 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: Vance D. Brand – STS-5 Target entity description: Vance D. Brand – STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the first operational flight of the Shuttle program, commanded by astronaut Vance D. Brand aboard Columbia in November 1982.
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A.
Jack R. Lousma – STS-3
Jack R. Lousma – STS-3 was the third Space Shuttle mission, commanded by NASA astronaut Jack R. Lousma, that tested the capabilities and systems of the Space Shuttle Columbia in early 1982.
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B.
Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4
Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 was the final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, commanded by astronaut Gerald P. Carr and notable for setting a then-record for the longest human spaceflight.
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C.
F. Story Musgrave
F. Story Musgrave is a former NASA astronaut, physician, and engineer renowned for his extensive spaceflight career and key role in repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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D.
Jerry Linenger
Jerry Linenger is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy flight surgeon best known for his long-duration, often perilous mission aboard the Russian Mir space station in the late 1990s.
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E.
Bruce McCandless I
Bruce McCandless I was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II, particularly in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA Space Shuttle mission
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia mission ⓘ human astronaut ⓘ |
| commandedMission | STS-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 4 ⓘ |
| evaCancellationReason | space suit problems ⓘ |
| evaPerformed | no ⓘ |
| evaPlanned | yes ⓘ |
| landingDate |
1982-11-16
ⓘ
November 16, 1982 ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Runway 22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate |
1982-11-11
ⓘ
November 11, 1982 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
ⓘ
LC-39A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionCommander | Vance D. Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
5 days
ⓘ
about 122 hours ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature | Space Shuttle Columbia in orbit ⓘ |
| missionPatchShape | circular ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Joseph P. Allen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William B. Lenoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextMission | STS-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first Space Shuttle mission to carry a four-person crew
ⓘ
first commercial satellite deployments by the Space Shuttle ⓘ first fully operational Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | approximately 307 km ⓘ |
| orbiterFirstOperationalFlight | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.5 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | approximately 296 km ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | about 90 minutes ⓘ |
| payload |
Anik C3 communications satellite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SBS-3 communications satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadBayConfiguration | two commercial communications satellites with Payload Assist Modules (PAM-D) ⓘ |
| pilot | Robert F. Overmyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousMission | STS-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMissionType | operational deployment of commercial communications satellites ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| roleInMission | STS-5 mission commander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleOrbiter | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleOrbiterDesignation | OV-102 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleProgramPhase | first operational flight ⓘ |
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: Vance D. Brand – STS-5 Description of subject: Vance D. Brand – STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the first operational flight of the Shuttle program, commanded by astronaut Vance D. Brand aboard Columbia in November 1982.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vance D. Brand – STS-35