Progress M-34
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Progress M-34 was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft that resupplied the Mir space station and became known for its 1997 collision with the Spektr module.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Progress M-34 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13529118 — 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: Progress M-34 Context triple: [Spektr, collisionWith, Progress M-34]
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A.
A3 rocket
The A3 rocket was an early experimental German ballistic missile developed in the 1930s as a precursor to the more advanced V-2 rocket.
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B.
M-V rocket
The M-V rocket was a Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle developed by JAXA (and its predecessors) primarily for launching scientific satellites and space probes, including deep-space missions like Hayabusa.
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C.
Skylark spacecraft
The Skylark spacecraft is a fictional interstellar vessel from E.E. "Doc" Smith’s classic science fiction novel "The Skylark of Space," known for pioneering faster-than-light space travel in the story.
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D.
K-7
K-7 is a north–south state highway in eastern Kansas that serves as a major transportation route through multiple counties, including Miami County.
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E.
Myasishchev M-4
The Myasishchev M-4 was a Soviet long-range strategic jet bomber developed in the 1950s as part of the Cold War nuclear deterrent force.
- 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: Progress M-34 Target entity description: Progress M-34 was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft that resupplied the Mir space station and became known for its 1997 collision with the Spektr module.
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A.
A3 rocket
The A3 rocket was an early experimental German ballistic missile developed in the 1930s as a precursor to the more advanced V-2 rocket.
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B.
M-V rocket
The M-V rocket was a Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle developed by JAXA (and its predecessors) primarily for launching scientific satellites and space probes, including deep-space missions like Hayabusa.
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C.
Skylark spacecraft
The Skylark spacecraft is a fictional interstellar vessel from E.E. "Doc" Smith’s classic science fiction novel "The Skylark of Space," known for pioneering faster-than-light space travel in the story.
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D.
K-7
K-7 is a north–south state highway in eastern Kansas that serves as a major transportation route through multiple counties, including Miami County.
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E.
Myasishchev M-4
The Myasishchev M-4 was a Soviet long-range strategic jet bomber developed in the 1950s as part of the Cold War nuclear deterrent force.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Progress spacecraft
ⓘ
spacecraft involved in space collision ⓘ uncrewed cargo spacecraft ⓘ |
| accidentConsequence |
damage to Spektr module
ⓘ
loss of pressure in Spektr module ⓘ partial power loss on Mir ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Progress spacecraft family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collisionDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| collisionWith | Spektr module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| crewOnboard | 0 ⓘ |
| destination | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| hasAccident | yes ⓘ |
| hasDockingCapability | yes ⓘ |
| hasOnboardCrew | no ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most serious collision incidents in crewed spaceflight history ⓘ |
| incidentType | in-orbit collision ⓘ |
| isUncrewed | true ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchSiteCountry | Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz-U NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
cargo delivery to space station
ⓘ
logistics resupply mission ⓘ |
| notableFor | collision with the Spektr module of Mir in 1997 ⓘ |
| operator |
Roskosmos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | deliver supplies to Mir ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| relatedSpaceStation | Mir GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedSpaceStationModule | Spektr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | Progress-M variant ⓘ |
| spacecraftSeries | Progress-M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | automated cargo freighter ⓘ |
| spaceProgram |
Mir program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian space program ⓘ |
| spaceStationInvolvedInCollision | Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationResupplied | Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | deorbited ⓘ |
| suppliesDelivered |
cargo
ⓘ
equipment ⓘ fuel ⓘ |
| targetModule | Spektr module of Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Russian Federal Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | manual rendezvous test with Mir ⓘ |
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: Progress M-34 Description of subject: Progress M-34 was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft that resupplied the Mir space station and became known for its 1997 collision with the Spektr module.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.